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Sportsmen and 
.Campers in th^\ 
GreatMaineWoods^ 

/iPublished byTli^ 

BAjVCbudAROOSTOOK 

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THE LIBRARY •f 

G;«NQR£SS, 
Two OoP^u HtcavEO 

APR. 23 1902 

Oo^Hwrr iNTRv 

ogyr &. 



Copyriglit igo2 
By the Bangor & Aroostook Kailroad Co. 



A copy of this book will be sent to any address 

on receipt of ten cents by 

Geo. M. Houghton, Traffic IManager, 

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co., 

Bangor, Maine. 



WRITTKN ANO ARRANGED BY 

FRED n. CLIFFORD, 
Bangor, Mk. 






CONTENT*. 



Page 

On the ^^■AY IN ^. ...•.......:..': 7 

Where Bk; Fish are Plenty . .•■*. .•■.:/.<....,• 9 

Fish Laws in Kriek -. * " ." -jg 

Table of B. & A. Fishing Waters 41 

How HniNiTT Helped, a STORvtev Holman F. Day 49 

Where the Big Game Hide . . ! 55 

Shipment of Game, 1901 75 

Game Laws in Brief 76 

The High-Shoildered Hunt, a Story by Winfield M.Thompson 79 

Jingle Voyages by Canoe 85 

Camping and Canoeing 113 

Equipment 117 

Women in the Woods, by Mz\ry Alden Hopkins 123 

Excursion Rates on the B. & A. R. R 126 

Advertisements 127-176 



General Index. 



A Page 

Abacotnetic bog iii 

Abbot Village 12 

Abolfalls 91 

Aboljackarmegus stream 91 

Aboljackarmegassic stream qi 

AUagash canoe trip 95, 115 

Allagash falls '. . 96 

Allaga.sh lake: — 

Caves at 109 

Hunting near 70 

Route to 95, 109 

Allagash river 95, 115 

Allagash stream 109 

Ambajejus lake 21, 67, gi, 95 

Ambajejus falls and carry 95 

Ambajemackomus falls (see Gulliver's pitch) . 90 



Page 

Ammunition 120 

Aroostook river 31, 36, 37, 68, 73 

Ashi.and: — 

Fishing waters near 33 

Game country reached from 68, 72 

Station 34. 67, in 

Attean pond 18 

A.\e, pocket, in woods 120 

B 

Baker brook and lake m 

Bangor n, m 

Bangor & .A.K()(>.st(K)k R. R. : — 

Excursion rates, round trips 126 

( lame record 75 

Bears 6i 



Page 

Bear brook 21 

Beaver dam, Caribou 3" 

Big Fish lake 33 

Big island ^7 

Big Machias lake 34.68 

Big Machias river 33i 34. 73 

Blanchard 12 

Boland pond 29 

Bowlin falls 102,103 

B pond 20 

Brassua lake ^° 

Brown pond 3^ 

Brownville '9. 08 

Brownville Junction 12 

Burnt Land pond 29 

Burnt Land rips ^°4 



Camping out '^3 

Canoe trips; — 

AUagash river 95. "5 

AUagash lake 109 

East branch Penobscot 98, 115 

Fish River lakes 104 

Moosehead, short trips near 67. 98. 11° 

Pme stream "° 

St. John river m 

West branch Penobscot 21, 85, 110, 114 

Caribou lake •• 88 

Caribou station 36,38,111 

Carr pond 33 

Caucomgomoc lake 70, no 

Caucomgomoc stream no 

Chamberlain lake 70, 88, 95, 98, 99, 109 

Chairback ponds 20 

Chandler lake 32 

Chase's carry 95 

Chesuncook lake 7°, 86, 87, 88, 89, 95, 98, 

99, no. III 

Churchill lake 95 

Clayton lake 34 

Connors village •_• 9° 

Cougar, or " Indian devil" 61 

Cross lake 106 

Crystal lake 3° 

Crystal station 3° 



Davidson pond 29 

Debsconeag falls and deadwater 91.94 

Debsconeag, First lake, camp at 92 

Debsconeag lakes 21, 23, 92 

Deer: — 

Habits, where found, etc 57 

Hunting region 68 

Law governing killing of 76 

Record of shipments 75 

Dress in woods, men's. ._ 117, 118, 120, 121 

Dress in woods, women's 124 



* Page 

Fish lakei .^ ■• .^68 

Pish river. 73 

Fish river extension B. ^ A. H.R 34. 106 

Fish river system of lakes 97 . i°4 

Flies, kinds used 15. 34 

Fort Fairfield 37 

Fort Kent 34. 97. io7. "i 

Frenchville 97. i°7 



Game: — 

Big game in Maine wocd; 55 

F.xtent of region where found 65 

In Moosehead lake region 64 

Laws governing killing of 76 

Shipments from B. & A. stations 75 

Territory reached by buckboard 72 

Getchell pond 37 

Gillespie lake 37 

Goodrich station 37 

Grand falls, East branch 100, 102 

Grand falls, St. John river 97. 107 

Grand Isle 97. i07 

Grand lake 3'. i°i. 102,103 

Gray brook 37 

Green pond 3° 

Greenville 12, 13, 67, 73 

Grimes Mill 37 

Grindstone 29, 67, 73, 103, 104 

Grindstone falls 104 

Guides: — 

Duties, etc :.■:.•••■•. ^4. 73 

Law governing hiring of 62 

Wages to be paid 64, 73 

Gulliver's falls ni 

Gulliver's pitch 9° 



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31 



Hale pond 

Harrington lake.. 

Haskell rock pitch 

Hay brook 

Hebron lake 

Highest lake country 

Holeb pond 

Horserace, the ■•• 

Horseshoe pond 20 

Houlton m 

H ouston ponds 20 

Hulling Machine falls 102 

Hunter's outfit n8, 120, 121 

Hunting. (See " Deer," " Game," and " Moose.") 
Hurd ponds 23 



.. 18 
90, no 



Indian carr>'. . 
Ingalls Siding 
Island Falls... 



100 
67 



Eagle lake 34, 7°, 95, 106 

East ukanch Pen(ibscot:— 

Canoe trip down 29, 98, 115 

Ferry and ford 3°. 3' 

Ebeeme pond '9. 21 

Edmundston.. i°7 

Emergency kits • ^21 

Equipment for .sportsmen 117,118,120 121 

Equipment for women 124 

Excursion rates, B. & A. R. K i-'O 



F 

Fish: — 

Game, varieties in Maine. 10 

Laws governing taking oi 39> 4° 

Fish hatchery. Squaw brook 15 

Fishing, spring and summer 14. 33, 34 

Fishing in Moosehead ^4 

Fishing waters reached from B. & A 33 34. 38 

Fishing waters tabulate... 41, 42, 43. 44. 45. 46, 47 



Jackman 1° 

lemtland 38 

jo Mary lakes 21,67 

K 

Katahdin (Mt.) : — 

Altitude 25 

Ascent of 23, 103 

F'escription 23 

Hunting near 67 68 

Katahdin Iron Works 19. 7° 

Kat.^hdin lake .; . • 29 

Katepsconegan lakes. (See " Debsconeag.") 
Kineo (.Mt.) ^7 



Lagrange ^' 

I ,azy Tom brook 7° 

Limestone 37, 3° 

Lobster lake 86 



Page 

Lobster stream 86 

Long lake 20, 96, 97, 105 

Loon lake no 

Lost pond 20 

Lunksoos pond 29 

Lyford ponds 20 

Lynxes 61 



M 

Madawaska lake 

Madawaska river 37, 

Madawaska village 38 

Masardis 31, 33, 67, 68 

McCiiUion lake 

Milliniagass^ett lake 

Millinocket lake..'. 21, 29, 64 

Millinocket station 29 

Millnnckett lake 

Milo 

Misser pond 

Monson 

Monument line 

Moose : — 

Calling for 

Habits, where found, etc 

Law governing killing of 

MOOSEHEAD lake: — 

Description 

Fishing, spring, in 

CJame region — 68 

Hotel accommodations 

Side trips from 67 

Tributary streams legally closed 

Moose river 14 

Moosehorn stream 

Mulheran lake 

Mud lake 

Mud pond and carry 33, 88 

Munsungan lake 



N 

Nahmakanta lake 21, 67 

Norcross 21, 22, 67, 68, 73, 91, 95 

North branch St. John river in 

Northeast carry 86, in 

North pond 12 

North Twin lake 21, 95 

Noyes pond 37 



Onawa lake 12 

Oxbow 31, 32, 33, 67, 68, 72 



Patten 30, 31, 67, 68, 72, loi 

Passamagamock falls and carry 95 

Patrick brook 21 

Penobscot kiver: — 

East branch canoe trip 29, 98, 115 

East branch ferry 30, 31 

West branch canoe trip 21, 85, no, 114 

Pemadumcook lake 21, 67, 94, 95 

Pine ponds in 

Pine stream 87, no 

Pockwockamus falls and deadwater 91 

Pond pitch 102 

Portage lake 33, 34 

Presque Isle in 

Prestile stream 36 



Ragged Mt. pond and stream 21 

Ragmuff stream 87 

Railway fares 126 

Restigouche region 107 

Revolvers in woods 120 

Rifles, for hunting, 120: for target 117 

Ripogenus carry and gorge 89 



Page 

Ripogenus lake 88, 89 

Roach pond 18,70 

Roach river 70 

Rotuid pond 96, no 

Salmon: — 

In Aroostook river 37 

Landlocked salmon 35. 38 

Pool at Bangor 1 1 

Pool at Caribou 36 

Salmon Stream lake 29 

Sand Bank brook 29 

Schoodic lake 19 

Schoodic station 20, 67 

Sebec lake 12, 19 

Sebois river 31, 68, 72, 103 

Seboois lake 21 

Seboois (west) station 21, 67 

Seboois stream 21 

.Seboomook in 

Second lake. East branch loo, 101 

Seven brook 37 

Sherman 30, 67 

Shinn ponds 30 

Shirley 13 

Silver lake 20 

Smith brook 31 

.Sourdnahunk deadwater 90 

Sourdnahunk fall 90 

Sourdnahunk lake 31 , 70, 72, 73, 99, 102 

Sourdnahunk stream 21,23,67,90 

South branch .St. John river in 

South Twin lake 22 

South Twin station 67 

Spencer bay 18, 70 

Spencer pond 18 

Squa Pan lake 31 

.Squa Pan station 67 

Square lake 35, 38, 106 

Stacyville station 29, 30, 67, 73 

Stair falls 102 

St. Croix station 67 

St. Froid 34 

St. John, city of in 

St. John river 96, 107, in 

T 

Telos lake 31, 72, 98, 99, 100 

Telosmis lake 99 

Temiscouata lake 107 

Trout brook 31, 72, 102 

Trout, where numerous 14, 33, 34, 38, 41, 42, 

4^, 44, 45, 46, 47 
Trout pond 31 

u 

Umbazookskus lake 95 

Umbazookskus stream 87, 95 

Umsa.skis lake 96 

V 

Van Buren 104, 105, 107, 1 1 1 

w 

Webster lake and stream 99, 100, loi 

Weeksboro station 31, 67 

West branch canoe trip 21, 85, no, 114 

West branch game region 67, 70 

West branch ponds 20 

Whetstone falls 104 

Willard p(md 37 

Willimantic 12 

Wilson ponds 18 

Wissataquoik stream 29, 30, 103 

Wolves 61 

Women in the woods 32, 123 

Wood pond 18 

Y 

Yoke pond 20 



Index to Advertisements. 



Tage 
Camps: — 

Aroostook headwaters, \Vm. Atkins 140 

Ashland, Peterson & McKay 149 

Benedicta, J. C. Millmore 152 

Big tish lake, Leon Orcutt 167 

Caribou lake, F. L. Shaw.. i^g 

Crow's Nest, Moosehead, Bigney & Rowe.. 142 

East branch ferry, L. B. Rogers & .S n 142 

East branch, C. E. McDonald 148 

Fish River lake, (1. H. (jleason 150 

Holeb and \icinity, Boston Ranch Co.'s 

Camps 141 

Indian pond, N. J. Marr 143 

Jo Mary lake, Bert Haynes 148 

Katahdin Iron Works, G. I. Brrwn & Sen.. 135 
Moosehead lake (camp to let), H. E. Capen 152 

Munsungan lake, \V. J. Keating 150 

Oxbow, Arbo & I.ibby 147 

Pemadumcook lake, G. W. Pickering.. 146 

Pockwockamus deadwater, B.C. Hairi^ 152 

Portage lake, C.J. Orcutt 149 

Salmon Stream lake, Henry Gantnier 152 

Schoodic: Haskell & Brown, 147; N. W. 

McNaughton 149 

Sebois Farm, Palmer Bros 144 

Shinn pond, C. A. Wren 148 

Sourdnahunk lake, W. A. Mcl.ain 151 

Sourdnahunk stream, I. O. Hunt 146 

Square lake, I). L. Cummings 148 

Telos lake, G. W. Cooper 150 

Trout br 10k, Kellog S: Curren 151 

Yoke pond, J. P. Coughlin 147 

Guides: — 

Norcross, Guy C. Haynes 16^ 

Patten, I rvin Palmer 149 

Sherman Mills: D. H. Perry, 149: I- W. 

Smith 149 

Yoke p jnd, Till S. Savage 149 

Hotels : — 

P.rownville, Hotel Hcrrick 143 

tJrindstone House 145 

Hunt Farm, Mattagammon House 146 

Jackman, Henderson House 143 

Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel. . . 167 

Millinocket, tlreat Northern Hotel 144 

Milo House 148 

Mt. Kine ) House 136 

Moosehead lake: Deer Island Hou'e, 137; 
Moosehead Inn, Greenville, 138; Outlet 

House 142 

Patten House 148 

Penobscot Hitel 137 

Poland Spring H luse 139 

Presque Isle House 150 

Sebec lake. Lake Hotel 144 

Seboomook Hou<^e 137 

Sherman, The Windsor 145 

Smyrna Mills, Smyrna Exchange 151 

Van Buren Hotel 145 

Miscellaneous: — 

Bill-posting, Thomas W Burr 156 

Belting, Page Belting Co 165 

Bridge Work, Penn. Steel Co 168 

Car Wheels, Boston Car-Wheel Co 171 

Coal, C. H. Sprague & Son 169 

Drain Pipe, etc. , Portland Stoneware Co 172 

Drugs, etc.: S. W. Boone & Co., Prescpie 
Isle, 166: H. I. Hatheway, Houlton, is8: 
F. Kilburn &"Co., Pre.sque Isle, 156: W. 

E. Thistle, Ashland, 165; S. L. White, 
Caribou r 59 

Fire-brick, etc., Garfield Fire-Clay Co 172 

Insurance: A. C. Perry, Presque Isle. 166; 
Accident, Travelers, 171: Fire, Home 

I nsurance Co 17° 

Hardware, etc.: J. H. (llenn. Caribou, 159: 

F. M. Peasley, Millinocket, 164: A. M. 
Smith, Presiiue Isle 1C6 



Livery Stable, E. H. Orcutt, Ashland, 165: 

W. H. Theriault, Caribou 159 

Machine Tools, Wm. Sellers iy; Co 15& 

Metal Supplies, Brown & Wales, 170; New 

England Bolt & Nut Co 172 

Oils: Galena Signal Oil Co., 167; John Con- 
ley & Son, 172 ; Thompson, Son & Co. ... 156 
Painters' .Supplies, Harrison Bros. & Co. . . . 171 

Potatoes, E. L. Cleveland, Houlton 158 

Potato Starch, etc., T. H. Phair, Presque 

Isle 166 

Pressed Hay, etc., E. W. Fernald, Presque 

Isle 1C6 

Printing, C. H. Glass & Co 150 

Railway .Supplies, Fairbanks Morse & Co. . 163 

Stnillie Couplers 170 

Tobacco, etc., John A. Hender-on, Ash- 
land, 165; C. P. Hussey, Ca'ibou 159 

Typewriters, Smith Premier 165 

Wood P'urnaces, Wood & Bishop Co 155 

Varnishes, Hildreth Varnish Co 167 

Sportsmen's Supplies: — 

Ammunition: Peters Cartridge Co., 159: 
Rice & Miller, Bangor, 155; United States 
Cartridge Co., 156; Union Metallic Cart- 
ridge Co 173 

Canoes, Robertson & Old Town Canoe Co- . 157 

Clothing: S. Friedman & Co., Houlton, 158; 

Moosehead Clothing Co., 173; E. F. 

Daniels, Ashland, 165; Presque Isle 

Clothing Co., 166; D. A. Stevens, Presqi:e 

Isle 166 

Fishing Tackle, H. O. Si encer, Caribou. . . 161 

Flies for Fishermen, G. H. Burtis 173 

Guns: A. H. Fogg & Co., Houltnn, 158; 
G. S. Orcutt, Ashland, 165; Marlin Fire- 
arms Co., 157; Parker Bros., 173; Wm. 
Read & Sons, 173; Remington Arms Co., 
158; Scott & Richards, 157; W. C. 
Spaulding, Caribou, 159; J. A. Stevens 
Arms & 'I'ool Co., 127: J. L. Wellington 
& Co., 160: Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co., back cover. 
Provisions, etc. : Brown & Prentiss. Green- 
ville, 161; Buck & Clark, Greenville, 161; 
W. P. Bridgham, Ashland, 165; A. A. 
Crafts, Cireenville, 138: Ira B. Gardiner 
& Son, Patten, 164; Fred T. Hall & Co., 
Bangor, 160; A. M. Leavitt, Smyrna 
Mills, 162; W. M. Lowney Co., 162; 
G. T. Merrill, Patten, 161; Norcross 
Supply Store, 164: D. T. Sanders & Sons, 
Greenville, 153; .S. .S. Pierce Co., 160; 
H. B. Sharp, Monticello, 166; J. E. 
Tarbell, Smyrna Mills, 162; Van Buren 

Mercantile Co 16^ 

Rubber Clothing, .Stoughton Rubber Co 164 

Tents: G. C. Carpenter & Co., 154; Currier 

& Hook, Bangor 160 

Sportsmen's Information Bureau, Boston, 

165; S. S. Davis, Greenville Junction — . 160 
Sportsmen's Newspaper, " Maine Woods". . 157 

Taxidermy: — 

Bangor: S. L. Crosby & Co.. inside back 
cover; Milo, Wm. Cooper 160 

Transportation : — 

American Express, sportsmen's supplies 

carried 131 

Boston & I!angor Steamship Co 133 

Boston & Maine Railroad 129 

Maine Central Railroad 128 

Maine Steamship Co 13s 

Metropolitan Steamship Co 132 

Monson Railroad '5^ 

Moosehead, Lily Ray Line 132 

Patten teams, Herbert Brown 161 

Portland I've Rumford Falls Railway 135 

Quebec t'entral Railroad 133 

Washington County Railroad. •••• 134 

Travelers' cheiiues, American Express Co. . 131 



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On the Way In, 

RIFLING has told us much about the tangled jungles of the far 
East ; Stanley has sent out glowing accounts of jungle life in 
• Darkest Africa; now why not turn for a while to jungles 
nearer home — to the greatest sporting and recreation ground in all 
America — the widespread pine-tree jangles of northern Maine? Here 
is sport unbounded ; fisherman and huntsman are equally blessed, and 
bountifully. Or, if one comes merely for the good which an untram- 
melled forest existence can do him, he gets rejuvenation and health in 
fullest measure, and in a most delightful way. 

Should the reader wonder what there can be about the Maine woods 
that is so universally attractive, he can best satisfy his curiosity by an 
actual visit to this sylvan paradise. Let him join the great army of 
autumnal sojourners who slip away annually from the cares and prob- 
lems of city life and dive deep into the great Maine forests. Here he 
will find the rattle and roar of the pavements giving way to the soft, low 
rustle of the quaking leaves ; the discordant din of a million city noises 
lost beneath the merest whisper of wind that comes playing through the 
tree-tops ; and the rush and throb of great city life kept far from thought 
so long as the merry, rhythmic music of the waterways holds swav. 

When a man (or a woman either, for that matter) has once tasted 
the joys of existence in the depths of the Maine woods, he is a sure 
disciple of it forever. For him, nothing can quite come uj) to the free 
and easy life of the camp, with the ecstasy of living arm in arm with 
Nature and partaking of her bounties in their wildest, richest, most 
delicious state. Then there is the exquisite, never-ending ]ianorama of 
scenic beauty ; the studying of nature where nature is at its best ; the 
thrill of canoeing; the excitement of real sport with rod and rifle — all 
these and more are features of Maine jungle life that stamp themselves 
indelibly on the vacationer's memory, and help him or her to live the 
whole great round of pleasure over and over again. 

In the early days when the possibilities of this remarkable game 
region had just begun to be appreciated, it meant a great deal of hard, 
weary toiling to get in where the game was. There were the long 



An Elysium Brought to Light. 



and tortuous ways 
offered by the 
rivers and streams ; 
there were rough 
" tote " or woods 
roads in to some 
few of the forest 
depots, and dimly- 
blazed paths in to 
others; but the real 
heart of the wil- 
derness had never 
been reached ex- 
cept by the Indian 
aborigine or some 
venturesome lum- 
berman. To-day, 
the man or woman 
who is bound for 
the great Maine 
wilderness rides 
into the very centre 
of the jungle in as 
luxurious railroad 
coaches or Pullman 
cars as ever a loco- 
motive drew, on as solidly-built and finely-equipped a road as can 
be found anywhere in all the world. You must have heard of this 
railroad — the Bangor & Aroostook — the key which has unlocked 
the gateway to this mammoth ten million acres of game park and 
pleasure ground. Without it, Maine's most valuable timbered territory 
would still be in large part unavailable ; its marvellous fish and game 
resources could be but scarcely drawn upon ; and without a full knowl- 
edge and appreciation of these resources, this little handbook could 
never have been compiled. 

Let us, then, rejoice together ! — and thank God that the bounties of 
the pine-tree jungles are so manifold and great. 




A Kt{<f-lnig, Winding \Vater"dHiy. 



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Now Let's Fish! 



WHere Big FisH are Plenty. 

^^NGLING — the luring and landing of fish — is indeed a fine 
y^i^^ art. The trick isn't so much the dropping of a hook into 
^ ^^ the stream ; it is in getting the hook out again with a hand- 
some fighting fish held firmly on its barb. A western writer recently 
tucked the whole logic of fishing into a nutshell when he said : '• First 
find your fish, offer him the food he is fond of, convince him he is hun- 
gry, prevail upon him to satisfy his hunger, and then have a trial of skill 
to determine who is the better of the two." 

Next, the question naturally arises, " Where are the big fish plenty? " 
The answer is as simple as it is easy : " In the Bangor & Aroostook 
territory." No one can dispute this assertion ; few, indeed, are the 




A Likely Pool on Pleasant River. 



lo Maine's Myriad "Waters. 

anglers who have wet their lines in northern Maine waters without 
results — and almost invariably the results have been most ample and 
gratifying. When one comes to realize that there are in truth " a thou- 
sand and one " lakes, ponds, streams, and brooks interlacing the whole 
great preserve of Maine's forest wilderness, and that the clear, cool 
depths of these connecting and contiguous waterways teem with sleek, 
fighting trout, togue, landlocked salmon, black bass, and pickerel. 




All Onmua Catch. 



besides other smaller fish, it can readily be understood how there is 
always "something doing" in the B. & A. region for the man behind 
the rod. 

In the spring, as soon as the ice has left the lakes and streams, the 
sport of fishing in northern Maine is on in earnest, and lasts until well 
through the summer months. To pick out any one of the hundreds of 
particularly good fishing grounds and call it best, is manifestly impos- 



At Bangor. 




Coining' Back to Camp. 

sible. It is better that this book should mention briefly those localities 
where excellent fishing is always to be had, and let the prospective 
angler "pick his own pool." 



From Bangor to M ooseliead I^aKe. 

y^T Rangor, the very starting-point of this hundreds of miles of 
X ^ anglers' paradise, there is fun for the fisherman, and good 
brisk fun, too. Here, at the head of tide-water on the Penobscot, is the 
famous Bangor salmon pool where a goodly number of sea salmon, en 
route to the higher waters to spawn, are captured every spring. These 
fish are hard fighters and grow to a large size, some weighing as high as 
30 pounds. However, they do not take the hook readily, and the 
annual catch is small. 

Between Bangor and Milo Junction there is no great inducement for 
the fisherman to try his luck, although many of the interlying towns, 
and especially Lagrange, have ponds and streams where the fishing is 
fairly good. Beyond the Junction lies the valley of the Piscataquis, and 
it is here that the fun really begins. Most sportsmen, bound for the 



12 On the Way to Greenville. 

well-trouted waters of Sebec lake, go in from Dover, while others prefer 
Abbot Village as the starting-point. Those who stop off at the latter 
station are usually on the way to the Willimantic region at the head of 
Sebec lake, where there are several good fishing localities. 

All along between Dover and Greenville there are small ponds where 
good fishing is to be had. Especially around Monson, situated on 
Lake Hebron, are good fishing grounds plenty, both salmon and trout 
being found here. Monson, Onawa, and North ponds, with Lake 
Hebron, are the chief waters of this locality. The easiest route to 
Onawa will be found in a trip to either Brownville Junction or Green- 




Itidian Poiiii and Sqiiaiu Mountain. 



villa on the Bangor & Aroostook line, and then in to Onawa over the 
Canadian Pacific. 

Riding farther up along the Moosehead lake division of the Bangor 
& Aroostook line, the sportsman finds himself in the midst of most 
picturesque scenery. Thick-wooded hills are round about on every 
side ; the deep green of the forest is all one sees from foreground to 
horizon ; and when, after toiling up a long, hard grade, the train rolls 
out upon the solid steel viaduct at Blanchard, and discloses the distant 
shaded valley hundreds of feet below, there bursts upon the voyageur 
the culmination, the real climax, of this panoramic splendor. 



Moosehead Lake. 



13 



Shirley, the native town of " Bill " Nye, humorist, is the last station 
on the line before Greenville is reached. It is a good fishing neighbor- 
hood, and entertains many a merry party of anglers each year. 

And then comes Moosehead lake ! The brakeman's curt " Greenville, 
Greenville, all change ! " brings the traveler to the station platform bag 
and baggage — out on a stubby, half-covered pier, whose huge piles are 
lapped incessantly by the restless waters of Moosehead lake. What 




Can't Vou Almost Smell Fried Fish ? 



splendid piscatorial possibilities lie before the fisherman whose eyes 
rest on these broad, blue, dancing waters ! Here is a great big inland 
sea, forty miles in length, from two to eighteen miles in width, and 
almost one thousand feet above the level of the ocean. Nor is it a lake 
of ordinary scenic environments. Its four hundred miles of rough and 
wooded shore line, cut at intervals by clearings or rugged ledgy reaches, 
or again by sanded coves and bays, together with its many picturesque 



14 



Early Spring Fishing. 




One of Onawa's A ttractive Lodges. 



islands, combine to produce a picture of Nature's grandest, rarest, most 
beautiful painting. 

This is New England's largest lake ; it is America's best fish-pond ; 
and although thousands of handsome trout, togue, and landlocked sal- 
mon are taken from it annually, yet the supply does not seem to 
diminish in the least. Here it is that anglers from all over the country 
come for their early spring fishing. When the porous ice breaks up 
and lays bare once more the broad blue bosom of the lake, the newspa- 
pers are prompt to make the fact known, and an inpouring of enthusi- 
astic fishermen follows. While the waters are still cold and way up to 
the middle of June, Moosehead's fighting fish take live bait or worms. 
After that they will rise to the fly, and can be so caught until earl\- 
July. Some "lakers" are taken in July, and quite a large number of 
whitefish. These fisli may also be caught in May and June by trolling. 
Sport with landlocked salmon has improved at Moosehead lake in 
recent years, and fishing for them now results in plenty of lively fun. 
Moose river, on the west side of the lake, is also a home of these regal 
finny fighters. 

The average Moosehead trout weighs about three pounds, but a six 
or seven pound catch is not unusual. Togue will range from five to 
twenty-five pounds each, with ten or a dozen pounds for the average 



Fly-Fisfaing, 



15 



weight. Moosehead can never be fished out ; the lake's natural spawn- 
ing and feeding beds foster plenteous replenishing, while the new 
hatchery built at Scjuaw brook last year by the State will not allow 
angling here to grow tame. 

It would be practically impossible to name any one of the best fishing 
grounds in Moosehead ; there are scores of bays and inlets where a 
careful angler is practically sure of getting good results, while some of 
the very finest catches have been made out in the body of the lake. 
According to the best-informed guides in this section, the brown hackle 




Moosehead Lake, from Sehoomojk. 

is the best all-round fiy for fishing here, although the Parmacheene 
belle, Montreal, and silver doctor are much in favor. 

Visiting anglers are always loud in their praises of Moosehead hospi- 
tality. At Greenville, the Moosehead Inn and other smaller hostel- 
ries accommodate a great many fishermen each season, while Mount 
Kineo House, situated half way up the lake, is a veritable mecca for 
vacationers from early spring fishing-time until the last gun of the fill 
hunters is fired. This splendid resort is now the largest inland-water 
hotel in the country, has a capacity of more than 400 guests, and is 



Kineo, Massive Mountain, 



17 



thoroughly up to date in its equipment, service, and attractions. Steam- 
ers make daily connections between Kineo and both ends of the lake, 
and there is telegraphic and telephonic communication with the outside 
world. 

Kineo itself is a massive hornblende mountain of more than ordi- 
nary interest. Its jagged front rises abruptly 1,000 feet from the waters 
of North bay, and is said to extend another thousand straight down 
below the surface. The southern slope juts out into the lake a way, 
and here are situated the hotel, store, and cottages that make up the 
















Many a Fish He's Broivtied .' 



settlement. It is well worth one's time to climb the mountain and let 
the eye drink in the strikingly beautiful scenes which stretch round 
about on every side. From this lofty vantage ground the whole great 
lake is spread to view, with bays, headlands, islands all in sight. Look- 
ing northward, North bay stretches out its twenty-mile reach to North- 
east carry and Seboomook. To the east lie the Spencer mountains, 
whose tops tower more than 3,000 feet above the forest level. A look 
beyond, and there is Katahdin, more than fifty miles away, blue and 
hazy in the distance. Southeastward are Lily Bay mountains ; south- 



1 8 Moosehead Side Trips. 

ward, a glimpse of Greenville, twenty miles away, with thickly-scattered 
islands lying in between ; westward, the jagged shore line of the lake 
broken by the outlet of the Kennebec river, and, too, by Moose river, 
the outlet of Brassua lake, with rows of deep-hued hills filling in the 
background to the very horizon. 

Greenville is a sort of starting-point for several good inlaiid fishing 
grounds. The Wilson ponds, lying only a few miles east of the village, 
afford excellent trout fishing. A profitable side trip for early summer 
can be made by canoe and carry to Spencer pond. There the trout 
fishing is good, and the scenery very attractive. 

Moose river is the only tributary to Moosehead lake on the west 
side that may now be legally fished. It is seven miles up this river 
to Brassua lake, and there, among the many brooks and streams, good 
fishing is found. For an outing of a week or more, this Moose river 
trip is frequently taken, the canoeist going through to Jackman and 
beyond. The river itself feeds many excellent trout, while numerous 
ponds, not far from Jackman yet seldom visited, offer the greatest of 
sport. Holeb, Attean, and Wood ponds, through which Moose river 
wends it way, are all prime waters for the spring fisherman. 

Another favorite side trip from Moosehead is to Roach ponds, lying 
east of Spencer bay. There are three of these ponds, and, throughout 




Think 0/ the Fun They Had : 



Milo and Brownville, 



19 




'^Canociiig is Ideal Here." 

the string, trout fishing that is far abuve the average is had all 
summer. Canoeing is ideal here, and magnificent scenery abounds 
on every side. 



"^he Katalidin Iron "WorKs Region. 

GOING up along the main line of the B. & A. from Milo Junction, 
the pretty little village of Milo is the first town reached. Fisher- 
men do not find much of interest here, but at the next town, Brownville, 
there is opportunity for good sport. Sebec lake, noted for its land- 
locked salmon, is but five miles west of the town, while Schoodic lake 
Ues about the same distance to the east. Ebeeme pond, eight miles 
distant in a northerly direction, is known chiefly for its pickerel and 
perch ; it is not a home for big fish. 

Katahdin Iron Works, at the end of the branch, is an ideal stamping 
and camping ground for those who come into the iungles to fish, — and 
game is abundant here, too. As a health resort, no place in New Eng- 
land surpasses this woodsy retreat. The air is clear and dry ; there is 
freedom of life everywhere ; and the magnificent scenery of the woods 
and water keeps the visitor in constant admiration of Nature's handi- 



20 Near Katahdin Iron Works. 

work. Several mineral springs in this vicinity are noted for their 
curative properties, behig strongly yet not unpleasantly impregnated 
with iron. 

The town's nearest water, Silver lake, is not an attractive fishing place, 
having little to offer besides pickerel and perch, although once in a 
while a landlocked salmon is hooked. But close at hand are numbers of 
lakes and ponds literally teeming with sportive trout. Little and Big 




A Fis/i Story Without Words. 

Houston, West Chairback, Lost, East Chairback, Long, B, Little 
Lyford, Horseshoe, Yoke, Big Lyford, and West Branch ponds are all 
excellent trout waters. The West Branch ponds are, if anything, the 
best, for they are the least fished ; but any one of these ponds will yield 
up a handsome string of speckled beauties to the skilled angler. 



Up Alon^ tlie Main Lin 

THE first station one comes to on the Bangor & Aroostook line 
after leaving Brownville is Schoodic. It is an important place 
from the fisherman's standpoint, situated as it is almost at the shore of 
one of Maine's best fish preserves. Variety is the spice of life here, 
sure enough ; the angler finds landlocked salmon, trout, togue, perch, 
and black bass ready for his bait at all times, and many record fish 
have been taken from this water. Ten miles away are Lost pond, 



Scboois Lake. 2i 

Ebeeme pond, and Jo Mary lakes, all bearing a good reputation as the 
home of plump trout. 

Seboois lake, two miles from West Seboois station, is a truly beauti- 
ful body of water and finds many admirers. The fishing here is con- 
fine'^ to pickerel and perch, but Seboois stream, Ragged Mountain 




A Typical Camp Assemblage. 

pond and stream, and Bear and Patrick brooks are all favorite trout 
waters and insure good catches. 

Next to Greenville, Norcross, on North Twin lake, is the great objec- 
tive point for fishermen and hunters in B. & A. territory. Not only is 
it a halting place for canoeists who make the West branch trip from 
Northeast carry, but every year sees hundreds of sportsmen " put in " 
here for a trip up the West branch waters and into the adjacent big- 
game and fishing haunts. There are several distinct water routes that 
lead out from Norcross — one to the lake region south of the West 
branch, including the Jo Mary lakes, Nahmakanta, Rainbow, Deb- 
sconeag, and smaller lakes of the group ; another up tlie West branch 
itself, going through Pemadumcook, Ambajejus, and up to the Sourdna- 
hunk stream and beyond ; a third to Millinocket lake, over a fifty-rod 
carry from Ambajejus. Guides and general supplies can be had at Nor- 
cross, and a little steamer is here ready to give the sportsman a " lift " 
over the first and most uninteresting stage of his trip. A steamer 



In the Norcross Region, 




The Angler's Path is often Down a Woodsy Lane, 



also leaves the foot of South Twin lake for points on the lake above 
mentioned. 

For a lot of enjoyment with canoe and rod when vacation time is 
limited, this Norcross region is an ideal place to come to. In the lower 
lakes will be found perch and pickerel, while the upper lakes add togue 
and a few trout to the fisherman's fare. About 25 miles from Norcross 



Mount Katahdin. 



23 



are the three Debsconeag and two Hurd ponds, where fine trout and 
togue are plenty. There are also several little ponds in this vicinity that 
can be whipped with most gratifying results. Sourdnahunk stream, 28 
miles from Norcross, is an exceptionally fine piece of trout water, while 
the numerous small ponds near by are reckoned without a superior in 
all the world. These little ponds are literally alive with trout averaging 
from one to four pounds, with many an "old whopper" swimming 
about in the deep dead-water. 

While one is in such close proximity to Mount Katahdin, he should 
not miss making an ascent of the mountain. It usually takes the best 
of two days, and a good amount of muscle, pluck, and endurance, to 
accomplish the trip, but the reward when the top is reached is well 
worth all it costs. 

Katahdin is very nearly one mile high and ten miles long, lying in a 
northeasterly and southwesterly direction. As the mountain is seen 
from the south side, the massive bulk rises abruptly from the level of 
the forest and gives the effect of one great lone peak, while in reality 
there are a few spurs a little farther round to the northeast and northwest. 
The mountain's northern part is a long, narrow ridge strewn with great 




A "Pony Express" in the Junkie. 



24 



The Table-land Top, 




A Sprawling, Brawling Katahdin Brook. 

boulders. The southern part has something of the curve of a crescent 
and Hes nearly at right angles with the main ridge. At the west side of 
this crescent is a table-land of perhaps 500 acres in extent, its surface 
being littered and strewn with huge rocks of many curious shapes and 
sizes. The whole west side of this table-land and of the mountain's 
entire length is so steep and rocky that scaling it is impossible. 

A broad cicatrice made on the south side of the mountain by a land- 
shde in 1816, and popularly called "The Slide," affords a pathway for 



The Highest Peak. 



25 



those who come up the trail from the West brancn. A cool spring 
awaits the thirsty climber near the top. On the east side, the mountain 
shows a mammoth basin or amphitheatre, suggesting the crater of a vol- 
cano. This great hollow has wall-like sides of granite reaching down 
2,287 ^'^^t to the little pond that nestles at the bottom. Katahdin's 
highest peak is at the southern part of the mountain ; it is 5,215 feet 
above sea level. The second peak, a third of a mile to the east, is 
about 20 feet lower. There are also three peaks on the north spur of 
the mountain, the highest being 4,700 feet above the sea. Two more 
peaks, " The Chimney " and Pomola, named for the Indian god of the 
mountain, are at the eastern extremity of the crescent. 




Tlie Summit, Mount Katahdin. 

The view to be had from this lofty eminence cannot be imagined or 
adequately described ; full appreciation can come only to those who see 
it with their own eyes. For thirty, forty miles, and perhaps farther, the 
vagaries of the wilderness superficies can be distinctly traced. It is 
forest, forest everywhere, with the greens blending into blues and the 
blues into hazy hills and drifting clouds far out on the dim horizon. 
Dotting this great broad area, no fewer than a hundred and fifty lakes 
and ponds glint and glitter as rich gems of royal setting, and winding 
streams mark their sinuous courses in a silver sheen. Such a marvellous 
view, studied under such soul-stirring conditions, is enough to repay the 
mountain-climber a hundred times over for the exertions of his ascent. 



Three Ways to Go Up. 




High Up Oil Mount Katahdiu. 

There are three ways of ascending Mount Katahdin — up the Abol 
trail and sUde, starting from Abol stream on the West branch and work- 
ing up the mountain's south side, a total distance of nine miles ; up the 
mountain's north end, from the road along the Wissataquoik ; and up 
the Appalachian trail, past Katahdin lake, and into the Great Basin, the 
north lobe of which may be climbed to the ridge. These two latter 
trails begin at the ferry on the East branch. 



28 



Working Northward. 




The Great Basin, from Chimney Po?id. 



From Norcross to Patten. 



WE have wandered a good long ways from the B. & A. rails 
in our fishing excursions up the West branch and our 
climb up Katahdin ; now let us slip back to Norcross and take the 
next train for the north. 



Grindstone. 



29 



The next station beyond Norcross is Millinocl<et, from whicli point 
Millinocket lake is reached by road. There are several " lucrative " 
trout waters in this locality, all within a few miles of the railroad. 
Going on up the line to Grindstone, the fisherman finds himself in a 
veritable hotbed of sport. Grindstone is situated on the East branch 




Railroad Surveyors' Quarters. . 

of the Penobscot, where hundreds of sportsmen make their start for a 
trip up-stream, and hundreds more "take out" after their rundown 
the East branch from Northeast carry, Moosehead lake. There 
is good black bass and pickerel fishing right at the station, with 
trout and togue in the several brooks and ponds near by. Wissata- 
quoik stream, 14 miles up the branch, adds good lively trout and 
salmon to the fishy fare. 

Next above Grindstone and 26 miles from Norcross is Stacyville, a 
village of perhaps a dozen houses, yet a prominent place from the 
sportsman's standpoint. There is splendid fishing in the ponds and 
streams of this neighborhood. Here, within a radius of 20 miles, are 
Davidson pond, Salmon Stream lake, Misser, Boland, Lunksoos, and 
Burnt Land ponds, Katahdin lake. Sand Bank brook, and the Wissata- 
quoik — all excellent trout waters and not difficult of access. Parties 



3° 



Patten, Pretty Town. 



going into the East Branch ferry, or beyond, usually leave the railroad 
at Stacy ville. The scenery throughout this territory is grandly beauti- 
ful, especially up along the Wissataquoik, which has brawling, boister- 
ous stretches throughout its length, with here and there a pretty bit of 
smooth, placid water. 

Sherman, Crystal, and Island Falls are not put down as fine fishing 
localities, although several good trout waters are to be found there. 
Instead of a stay at these stations, it is advisable that the fisherman 
change cars at Sherman, and ride up the six-mile branch to thriving, 
growing Patten. This is one of the prettiest towns in all the State, and 
is certainly winning quite a reputation as a healthful, wholesome village 
for summer sojourners and vacationers. The air here is peculiarly clear 
and bracing, the scenic surroundings are varied and beautiful in the 
extreme, and the people of the town are never lacking in open-hearted 
hospitality. 

There are several splendid trout waters in and near Patten where 
the cast of a fly is sure to meet with quick response. Only lo miles 
to the northwest are the two Shinn ponds, reached by turnpike road. 
These are famous trout waters, and many a handsome string is taken 
from them every season. The outlet of the ponds is particularly well 
stocked, and very large trout frequently reward the angler here. Other 
good fishing grounds to be reached from Patten are Crystal lake, Green, 




Where the iyiisata<}Hoik Runs Smooth. 



Up Along the Ashland Branch. 



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At Times the Wissataquoih is Fretful. 

Hale, and Trout ponds, Hay brook, and a dozen or so more. Patten is 
also a point of departure for the East Branch ferry, 14 miles away; for 
the far-famed fishing region of the upper Sebois ; and on the East 
branch, near Grand lake, taking in Telos lake, the Trout brook terri- 
tory, and even Sourdnahunk lake, 5 5 miles away. 



In NortHernmost Waters. 



y^ NOTHER rich fishing region is up along the Ashland branch of 
A ^ the B. & A. It is a charming region, too, with its rare bits 
of woods and water scenery, and is the very delight of enthusiastic 
kodakers. Smith brook, just above Weeksboro station, offers as good 
trout fishing as can be had on the branch. From Masardis, about 
25 miles farther up the line, Squa Pan lake is easily reached. It is 
from here, too, that fishermen take their departure for the lakes and 
streams that feed the upper Aroostook river. The journey in to the 
headwaters is usually made by buckboard to Oxbow, a river settlement 
10 miles from Masardis, and from there by canoe. Several fine sport- 
ing camps are situated in this territory, among them being a string 



Aroostook River Tributaries. 




A //aucisoiiie String 0/ .Maine "' yungle" Fish. 



of more than a dozen under one management. The " home " 
camp, the largest of the string, is a neat log affair containing many 
luxuries of the " States ;" it is located 25 miles in from Oxbow, on 
Millnockett lake. On Munsungan lake, Millimagassett lake, Brown 
pond, Chandler lake, and other Aroostook river tributaries, the other 
camps of this string are situated. This is a favorite region for women 
to come to, and " petticoated vacationers " are frequently met with. 



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The Fish River Trip. 



33 



The railroad journey from Boston is made comfortably and easily, 
starting from the Hub in the evening, arriving at Masardis about noon 
the next day, and reaching one of the camps in time to enjoy the 
twilight fishing. Summer sport with rod and line is especially good 
here, the waters being cool throughout the hot summer months. Then, 
too, the variety of waters that can be easily reached and fished is an 
important feature to be considered. Good guides are plenty at both 
Masardis and Oxbow, and most of them own comfortable camps in the 
sporting region. 

Ashland is another centre of rich fishing grounds. Good brook fish- 




Oh For a Wider Piazza ! 

ing is to be had close at hand, but the best sport is farther north, at the 
head of the Fish river system of lakes and on the upper waters of Big 
Machias river. It is only lo miles from Ashland to Portage lake, over 
a turnpike road. Canoes may be put in here for as extended a trip as 
one cares to make amid the wildest of Maine's jungles and the most 
enchanting of its waterways. One good trip is up the Fish river from 
Portage to Big Fish lake, where excellent camps are located ; then 
m to Mud pond and by carry two miles to Carr pond. The fishing here 
is always satisfactory, trout and togue being present in good size and 
number. From Carr pond a three and-one-half-mile carry takes one 



34 



A Marvellous Trout Region. 



in to Clayton lake, the very head of the Fish river system. A camp is 
located here, and fine fishing is assured. Big Machias lake is reached 
over a three-mile carry from Clayton lake ; here, too, commodious 
camps are situated. It is easy enough to run down the Big Machias 
river from the lake, and this is the usual home stretch on the way back 
to Ashland. Big fighting trout are sure to be met with in all these 
waters, and togue are by no means entirely lacking. The fact that this 
part of the State had practically never been trespassed upon until the 
Ashland branch was built, a few years ago, accounts for the unusual 
excellence of its fish and game possibilities. The fishing season here 
begins about the same time as at Moosehead, although fly-fishing 
comes in later than farther south. All summer long this sport holds 
good, with handsome great trout eager and anxious to take the lure. 
The Parmacheene belle, brown hackle, Montreal, and grizzly king are 
the flies most successfully used in these waters. 

The proposed Fish river extension of the B. & A. from Ashland to 
Fort Kent will, when completed, bring this wonderfully rich sporting 
region into closest touch with anglers and hunters. According to 
present plans, the road will be built in 1902, running north from Ash- 
land to Portage lake, then close to St. Froid and Eagle lakes, and 
down the Fish river valley to Fort Kent. There is practically no 
end of sport to be had in the country thus to be traversed. It is nearly 




Camps at Mumuiii^an. Lake, 



Square Lake's Mammoth Fish. 



35 




-J t\-cp at Portage Lake. 

all an unbroken wilderness, where rod and rifle have as yet been used 
comparatively little, and where unrivalled fish and game possibilities 
are known to exist. 

Prominent among the famous trout waters which will be " brought 
nearer " by this extension is Square lake in the Fish river string. Two 
square-tailed trout, weighing 12 and 83/^ pounds respectively, were 
recently taken from this lake. These are undoubtedly the largest fish 
of that species ever captured in Maine waters. Another wonderful 
record held by Square lake is for landlocked salmon, two of these fish, 
put out as fry from the hatchery nine years ago, being taken in 1901 
which weighed 20^ and 16 pounds respectively. Anglers will find 
comfortable camps located close by the fishirig grounds. 




Machias Lake Trout; Two Hours' Sj>o>-t. 



36 



Caribou's Beaver Dam. 



Passing Ashland Junction, almost any of the towns up along the line 
of the B. & A. can furnish the visiting fisherman with the sport he is 
looking for. But there is really no fishing ground of special interest 
until Caribou is reached. Then it is time to unp>ack rod and reel ; 
indeed, there is use for the best you have brought, right near the sta- 
tion. For Caribou has a fine salmon pool on the Aroostook river 
below Caribou dam, and large numbers of plump, vigorous sea fish run 
here every June. Although thousands of them are seen each year, only 
a few are caught ; these, however, are most vigorous fighters. 




Sguare Lake Trophies. 



If the vacationer has an hour or two to spare at Caribou, he can well 
improve the time by making a trip to the huge dam built by beavers in 
Prestile stream, one and a half miles south of the village. This dam 
is 250 feet long, built across the widest part of the stream, and is so 
high as to cause a flooding of the country for several miles back. The 
colony includes 12 or 15 beavers, and, although the members of this 
busy family manage to keep out of sight of human eyes most of the time, 
yet their remarkable engineering feat is plainly in evidence to every- 
body, and was viewed by thousands of people during the past season. 



Some Sport with Salmon, 



37 



From up along the Limestone 
branch, reports come every year of 
remarkably good catches of scjuare- 
tailed and sahnon trout. From 
Limestone it is but a short drive to 
McCullion, Mulheran, and Gillespie 
lakes in the adjacent province of 
New Brunswick, and to Willard, 
Noyes, and Getchell ponds in Aroos- 
took county. These waters abound 
in square-tailed and salmon trout. 
Within a short distance of Good- 
rich station are Seven brook and 
Gray brook. At Grimes Mill, on the 
Madawaska, one may find excellent 
fly-fishing in the millpond, and in 
fact all the way down stream to 
the Aroostook river, and even down the latter to and beyond Fort 
Fairfield. Salmon are beginning to appear in the Aroostook river, and 
there are numerous good pools and eddies between Caribou and 
Aroostook falls, about three miles below Fort Fairfield. Board may be 
had very reasonably at almost any of the farm-houses in this territory. 






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Caribou. 




Up Along tlic Liineitotie Braiicli, 



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Limestone, the town, is one of Aroostook's most thrifty villages. It 
now has eleven stores, a lumber mill, starch factory, barrel mill, and 
several smaller industrial shops, and holds an enviable record for 
marvellously big potato crops. 

Dipping into more northern territory, the fisherman will find Mada- 
waska lake a grand good place for Waltonian sport. Or he can ride on 
the Van Buren branch of the B. & A. road to Jemtland and drive 14 
miles from there to Square lake, one of the Fish river tributaries. 
Some sportsmen prefer to take the old route to this lake, driving from 
Caribou 30 miles, and stopping en route at Madawaska, which is at the 
head of Little Madawaska river, an Aroostook river tributary. The fish- 
ing all along here is by no means poor, but is not to be compared with 
the sport to be had at Square lake. The latter is the largest of the Fish 
river lakes, of which there are 15 in all, having an area of 89 miles and 
draining a forest area of about 890 square miles. The waters of them 
all are deep and cold and harbor Maine's largest trout, with the excep- 
tion perhaps of Moosehead's handsome trophies. Here is also good 
fishing for landlocked salmon, the lakes having been stocked for sev- 
eral years from the State hatchery at Caribou. Ten and twelve pound sal- 
mon and large gamey trout are caught here, the cast of the fly meeting 
with good results all through the summer. 



The Legal Side of Angling, 39 



Maine FisH La^w^s in Brief. 

IANDLOCKED salmon nine inches or more in length, trout 
five inches or more in length, and togue may be legally 
^ fished for from the opening of the ponds and streams in the 
spring to October ist, and white perch from July ist to April ist. 
Twenty-five pounds may be taken daily, and twenty-five pounds legally 
transported in possession of the owner. Trout, togue, and landlocked 
salmon may be transported under special shipping tags for $1.00 for 
each fish, or $1.00 for each 10 pounds; transportation tags for white 
perch cost 50 cents for one fish, or 50 cents for every 10 pounds. 

There is no close time on pickerel or bass in the B. & A. territory. 

Citizens of the State may, during February, March, and April, fish for 
and take landlocked salmon, trout, and togue with not more than five 
Imes for each family. They may have in possession 40 pounds of 
togue and 20 pounds each of the other fish. 

It is lawful to fish through the ice in the following named lakes and 
ponds in Piscataquis county : Seboois lake, Boyd lake, Cedar lake, 
Ebeeme ponds, Schoodic lake. North and South Twin lakes, Pamadum- 
cook lake, Ambajejus lake, Debsconeag lake, Nahmakanta lake, Che- 
suncook lake, Sebec lake. First Buttermilk pond. Big Benson pond. Big 
Houston pond. Center pond in Sangerville, Moosehead lake, Jo Mary 
lakes. Caribou lake, Lobster lake, Chamberlain lake, Telos lake, Web- 
ster lake. Eagle lake, Allagash lake, Munsungan lake, Millinocket lake, 
Caucongomoc lake, Churchill lake, Chemquassabamticook lake. Grand 
lake, Second lake. Ragged lake, Pepper pond, and Whetstone pond. 

It is unlawful to fish at any time for any kind of fish in any of the 
tributaries to Lake Hebron, or the tributaries to Twin Doughty pond in 
Monson, or the tributaries to Ship pond and Bear pond in Elliottsville, 
or in the brook that is the outlet of Garland pond in Sebec, or in the 
tributaries to Lake Onawa, or in the tributaries to Sebec lake, or the 
tributaries to Moosehead lake, except Moose river (ch. 42, P. L. 1899, 
sec. 5 ) , or in any of the streams flowing into Ship Pond stream in Willi- 
mantic and Bowerbank plantation R. & R. Commrs., or in Ship 
Pond stream above Buck's falls ; or in Little Houston pond, in Katahdin 
Iron Works Township, except with artificial flies. 



40 Guide Law* 

It is unlawful for three years to fish for, take, or kill fish in any way 
in Lily pond, in the town of Shirley. 

It is unlawful to fish at any time in Davis stream, in Willimantic ; 
Monson Pond stream, which is a tributary to Davis stream ; Vaughan 
stream, which is a tributary to Long Pond stream. 

There shall be an annual open season for fishing in Wilson river, in 
Piscataquis county, between Wilson pond and Toby falls in the town of 
Willimantic. 

There shall be an annual close time on the Lower Wilson pond, the 
Upper Wilson pond. Prong pond, and Horseshoe pond, being the upper 
waters of Wilson stream in Piscataquis county, and all the tributaries 
of the aforesaid ponds from October ist to July ist of each year for 
five years. 

It is lawful to fish in all lakes and ponds in Penobscot county through 
the ice, except in Dexter pond in Dexter, or in its tributaries. 

There are no lakes or ponds closed to ice-fishing in Aroostook 
county except Ross and Conroy lakes in Littleton and Monticello. 

It is unlawful at any time to fish for any kind of fish in the inlet 
streams of Squa Pan lake, from Thibadeau's landing to the source of 
the stream, or in any of the tributaries to Madawaska lake. 



"^he G\iide Lra'w. 

NON-RESIDENT sportsmen going into the woods to hunt or fish, 
and to camp on wild lands of the State, must be accompanied by 
a registered guide during the months of May, June, July, August, Sep- 
tember, October, and November. This law does not apply to hunters 
stopping at registered hunting camps, who have no intention of camp- 
ing out or building fires. Residents of the State are not required to 
hire guides. Non-resident owners of wild lands may hunt on their 
own lands without employing a guide, and may invite friends to 
accompany them. 



Jtist Where the Fish Are. 

A TABULATED list of the favorite fishing localities in B. & A. ter- 
ritory will be found on the next and following pages. This list 
gives names of the waters, distance from railroad station, how reached, 
and kind of fish to be caught. 



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This May Have Been Hudnutt's Moose. 



49 



How^ Huridiitt Helped. 



By HoLMAN F. Day. 



JWESTALL HUDNUTT'S friends on Wall street always declared 
that he never could be rattled. But Hudnutt's friends ought to 
*have seen him just about then. He sat on a log sucking the blood 
from a ragged hack in his palm at the base of the thumb. It 
wasn't a palatable fist to suck. There was too much pitch on it. In fact, 
there was so much pitch on both hands that when Hudnutt pressed them 
together he had to scrouge them around to get the palms apart. He 
scrubbed them on fallen spills, and then he looked as though he were 
wearing queer fur mittens. He clinched and then spread his fingers 
like a cat trying her claws. As the digits "plipped " apart, he cursed. 
Hudnutt had never been in the Maine woods before, but he possessed 
a certain flow of language that qualified him for a job on the West 
Branch drive. His sweater, his new tweed hunting suit, and his high 
shoes were smeared with pitch. When he started up to leave his log, 
he felt as though the log were coming along with him. He divorced 
himself gradually, looked back regretfully on the fuzz of the fabric 
sticking to the bark, and then cursed some more. 

Hudnutt had just been up his first tree in the Maine woods. He 
went up to see what idiot had been at work and skeow-wowed the 
earth or sun around so that the god of day was setting in the northeast. 
Hudnutt had remarked the fact only a little while before. He had 
been too busy for some time to notice scenery and the movements of 
astronomical bodies. It was this way : — 

He had travelled with his crowd from camp until he tumbled down 
every time he came to a needle-strewn slope. When the others jumped 
over logs, he lay down and rolled over. What can you expect of a man 
who doesn't even improve his knee action by climbing to the elevated 
road at home? Hudnutt's carriage calls for him after business hours. 
Well, finally Hudnutt got to making so many invidious remarks about 
"Harlem goats," and clamored so sulphurously about "holding up for 



5° Hudnutt Shoots. 

a fellow, can't j'ou? " that his crowd held a council of war. Then they 
planted Hudnutt in a run where there were deer signs, instructed him 
in the art of still hunting, promised to circle back that way, warned him 
to stay there, and left him to his reflections in the solitude of the Chair- 
back region. 

For the first few hours Hudnutt enjoyed, as only a city-bred man can, 
the sweet and new sensation of utter sequestration. Just that expe- 
rience was worth the trip, he meditated. The keen autumn sunshine 
filtered down, the crisp breeze suffled and sighed through the pines 
above, weird squeakings and crackings marked where huge trees were 
spitefully jostling each other as the wind rubbed their ears and whis- 
pered malicious suggestions about crowding. It was really quite an 
experience for Hudnutt when a gray squirrel came yanking, twitching, 
and " yicking " down a tree near by. Hudnutt talked back, and he and 
the squirrel had quite an argument about rights in the woods. Then 
Hudnutt took a sip at his flask, ate his lunch, and dozed with his hat 
brim pulled down. 

The sound that waked him seemed in his dream Hke a car-starter's 
whistle. He heard it again and he opened his eyes. " Whick-i-whic ! " 
On the other side of the run, a buck deer was just whirling in flight, 
fore-legs curled and ears back. 

The man who never was rattled in Wall street grabbed his rifle, fired 
every shot in the magazine in the general direction in which the stiff, 
white tail had disappeared, threw away the weapon, pulled his knife and 
started in pursuit through the woods on the dead run, yelling madly. 
This was the time when he became so busy that he didn't notice how 
the scenery got skeow-wowed. At the end of a half hour he decided 
he really didn't know where the deer or himself or his breath had gone. 

After he descended from the tree he concluded that he must have 
run so far that he had got on the other side of the sun. Hudnutt took 
another look at the fuzz on the log. Then he felt gingerly of 
that section of his trousers from which the fuzz had been ruthlessly 
wrested and walked away. He didn't have the least idea where he 
might be going. 

■'Twas after dark when the first ray of hope came. He heard the 
roar of waters. He burst his way through underbrush and stumbled in 
the direction of the mellow tumult. At last he came into a forest road 
that skirted the brow of a cliff. The waters plashed and tumbled far 
below. The night before, at camp, he had heard the guides talk about 
''The Gulf" of Pleasant river. He wondered if this were the place. 
He plodded down the road. It descended gradually until with a long, 
steep swing it led directly to the shore of the torrent. There was a 
ford here, but it was forbidding. He looked out on the turbulent 



The Cable Car. 



SI 



flood that tossed and foamed in the dim starlight against the boulders 
and ledges. He concluded that he wouldn't wade. He realized now 
that his camp was on the other side, for they had forded Pleasant river 
in the morning, far above the Gulf. 

Hudnutt commenced to feel very lonely. It seemed to him that if 
he" could only get on the other shore, he at least could have the satis- 
faction of knowing that the camp was more neighborly. As he tramped 
up and down the river edge, he spied something that gave his memory 
a brisk jog. Dimly he saw a swinging cable stretching against the 
patch of sky. The guides had also been talking of " Dean's cable 




Hitdiiiitt Simply Clung on — and Yelled. 



car." Dean had lived at Long pond, farther along the road, and had 
built this contrivance to serve in lieu of a ferry. Hudnutt clambered 
up the staging that loomed near at hand. He cursed some more as 
his pitchy hands gathered slivers. There at the edge of the platform 
swung the car. Hudnutt struck matches and speedily mastered the 
philosophy of the thing : the passenger simply stood in tlie car and 
pulled on an endless rope running over pulleys. The car traveled on 
an iron wheel grooved to fit a wire cable. 

The novelty appealed to Hudnutt. He stepped aboard and com- 
menced to pull. The car traveled down the sag of wire so easily that 



52 A Rude Awakening. 

he simply allowed the pull-rope to slide through his hands. But half 
way across, and on the up grade, the proposition was a bit different, 
Hudnutt set his knees against the side of the rough little pen and put 
out his muscle. The pulley on the farther shore squealed dismally out 
of the night. All at once the rope dragged and held fast. The pulley 
stopped squeaking. Hudnutt set his teeth and pulled and yanked. 
No go ! Somehow or other, recollections were coming to him in lumpy 
fashion that day. He remembered now that the guides had said the 
sheaves of Dean's pulley were so badly worn that the rope almost 
always slipped off and crowded against the block unless the passenger 
pulled very slowly and steadily. 

J. Westall Hudnutt, the unrattled man of Wall street, looked into the 
glowering shadows of each river bank, and then peered over the edge of 
the car to the slapping, sloshing torrent below. Then he — But why 
particularize ? Almost any one would have said so. 

If this modern Mahomet could have lain down in his coffin, there 
suspended between heaven and water, his plight would not have been 
quite so aggravating. But he could do little more than crook his knees 
and relieve his feelings vocally. Occasionally he shouted, but he 
finally decided that this was not a wise expenditure of breath ; he 
needed it for another purpose just then. Finally, he hooked himself 
over the side of the car by his arms and dozed. He had a happy 
dream — a fleeting one. He thought he was sitting in his down-town 
club window with something worth while on a table beside him. It 
was all so natural — that dream ! He could even hear the mellow, 
grum whistle of a liner passing out. Then his dozing, drooping head 
jerked him back to consciousness. 

From the dark shadows of the shore came gruntings, hoarse 
" blor-r-rts " and far-sounding bellowings that echoed and re-echoed. 
There were intervals of silence, and then again his nerves were shaken 
by that queer gallimaufry of sound. 

J. Westall Hudnutt crouched down and held his peace. At first he 
didn't hazard a guess as to what this newly-arrived beast might be. He 
had no hankering to investigate. He wondered if it had legs long 
enough to boost it up within reach of his refuge. He had been bitterly 
com])laining because the car was so high above the river, for he had 
thought of venturing into the flood were the jump not so intimidating. 
Now he looked and shivered when he saw how near the water seemed 
to be. Still the inexplicable roarings shook the air. 

All at once, in an interval of silence, there came from far up on the 
hillside across the river an answering, faint bellow like the winding of a 
horn of elf-land. Again the hoarse hooting near at hand ! Then the 
answer from the hill, growing nearer. 



Hudnutt on Moosebacfc. 53 

Hudnutt commenced to sit up and take interest. He realized now 
that he was located in mid-air just where moose love-messages by wire- 
less telegraphy were speeding past him. His hair bristled, and his 
tongue clicked dryly in his mouth, as he watched the shadows on the 
other side from which the bull, now crashing down the hill, must 
emerge. The calls on the hither shore were now more plaintive. The 
roar of the bull, bursting suddenly from covert, drowned all else. Hud- 
nutt could see him. As he stamped in the water at the shore, yeasty 
spume flew about him. He advanced. He waded. He thrashed 
among the boulders. Hudnutt leaned far out and watched his 
approach. The great animal was seeking the line of the ford, near the 
suspended car. He ploughed past, snorting and bellowing; but as 
he lifted his hulk in the shallows — his outline smudged in the gloom — 
rifles barked viciously. With a sudden thrill of disgust, Hudnutt under- 
stood now that the great moose had been lured by a mere birch-bark 
horn operated by a commonplace, whiskered guide. 

Bruck ! brack ! the rifles cracked again. Hudnutt was seized with 
sudden fear that the flying bullets might zipp his way. As he leaned 
far out, yelling his protests like a maniac, the bull thundered past in 
retreat. Hudnutt, at the climacteric of his panic, was kicking frantically 
against his pen. The bull, infuriated at sight of a foe, made for him. 
Hudnutt leaped up and down and screamed for succor. 

His athletics were too much for the rotten bottom-boards. Crash, 
down he went plump across the beast's shaggy shoulders. \Vith a 
demoniac yell, Hudnutt clutched his pitchy fingers into the coarse hair 
and stuck on. The bull's fury wasn't proof against this remarkable 
mode of attack. He whirled and dashed wildly for the shore nearest at 
hand. Hudnutt went along, too. He dared not drop off. 

The hunters in the covert — and they were Hudnutt's friends — 
glared at each other in the darkness with their eyes goggling. This 
vociferous apparition that had mounted and ridden away on their moose 
was a bit too much for their nerves. 

" In the name of the great and greasy Jeehookibus," yelled one 
of them, "what does that mean? Is the Devil out riding moose 
to-night?" 

Then the crowd chased the howls and the crashings that were dying 
away in the forest. 

Hudnutt was pretty hoarse when they found him. He was still 
yelling, however. He stood braced against a knoll with legs wide- 
straddled, and he was tugging back on the nubbin tail of a dead 
moose. The animal had dashed between two trees, evidently attempt- 
ing to shake his strange rider, and there he stuck, wedged so tightly 
that he was still in an upright position. Hudnutt was frantically stab- 



54 In at the Death. 

bing the rump with his hunting knife. His face and garments were 
dripping with blood. 

" It's Hudnutt ! " gasped his party in unison as they dashed up. They 
grabbed his arms and pulled him away. 

" Let up, old man ! " they said ; " can't you see that he 's dead ? " 

"Why don't he fall down, then?" screamed Hudnutt, fighting and 
frothing in mad desire to do more carving. " I never heard of a dead 
moose that didn't know enough to fall down. Hit him again, I 
tell you ! " 

But at last they persuaded him. 

" He wouldn't have gone very much farther with that bullet through 
his neck," said Worden the next forenoon at the autopsy. 

" Pooh ! " sneered Hudnutt ; "you never would have got that moose 
in the world if I hadn't had presence of mind enough to drop on him, 
steer him between those trees, and then knife him." 

The discussion might have become acrimonious, but just as it was 
getting warm Joe Lacoot, the guide, slicked the black blood off his 
fingers and drawled, — 

"Aw, ba gar, I tal yo' w'at I t'ink ! Dat moose he ban skeer to 
deat'. He so skeer he fuggeet to tombel down w'en he ban dead." 

Therefore, backed by expert opinion, Hudnutt now points to the 
mounted head in his library at home and says to his guests, " There's 
the moose I killed in Maine." Then he lights his cigar and commences 
like this : — 

"That's the greatest place to hunt in the world, Maine is. I'll tell 
you about that moose there. One day when I — " 

Hudnutt is a resourceful relater. He has never told the story twice 
alike. 




SUFFOi K ENC. A ELECTR, CO, BOSTO 



SHOT IN THE R. c^ A. JUNGLE. 



55 



W^Here tHe Big' Game Hide. 



OF Maine's total land surface, nearly 23,000 square miles are 
' still a forest wilderness, and by far the larger part of this 
great jungle-land is in the Bangor & Aroostook region. 
This means that the man who comes to hunt big game 
in the Pine Tree State can ride in the height of railroad comfort 
and luxury to the very runways and " yards " of the great forest 
denizens. He will find plenty of game within sound of the locomo- 
tive whistle ; or he can get into his guide's canoe, slip up along any of 
the hundreds of devious waterways that penetrate the very heart of the 
forest primeval, and meet the monarch moose and fleet Virginian deer 
in jungle fastnesses that have as yet scarcely begun to know the 
sound of the rifle and the ping of the deadly bullet. 




Typical Maine Camp Scene. 



56 



Big Game Returns. 



That there is sport here in abundance for the hunter is a fact beyond 
dispute. Every year sees hundreds of noble moose brought out of the 
B. & A. region, and the total number of deer transported in a single season 
always mounts up into the thousands. Think what a mountain of game 
that is, to be taken out of one preserve, far-reaching though its confines 
may be ! One would suppose such a tremendous drain must soon 
deplete the territory of its big game, but statistics tell another story ; 
they show that, thanks to wise State legislation and protection, the wild 
forest herds are increasing perceptibly from year to year, and thus 
afford better and greater inducements to the hunter than ever before. 
During the past year, moose have been remarkably bold in IMaine. In 




It's a Camp '^Cozy Coriui-." 

October a good-sized bull was killed at Pushaw, a lake in Bangor's sub- 
urbs, and another was secured in the town of Bradford, only 20 miles 
from the city limits, while several other instances are recorded where 
moose have come out on the farms and clearings far south of their 
usual feeding-grounds. Maine's deer, as well, have shown unusual 
nomadic tendencies during the past fall, feasting on many a garden 
delicacy that was intended for city markets, and thereby raising the ire 
of the farmers to boiling point. 

Despite the fact that Maine's wilderness is so richly endowed with 
game, it must not be imagined that the animals are standing around 



Deer io Summer. 



57 



waiting to be shot. Any 
hunter of experience 
knows that the game must 
be skilfully, carefully, and 
persistently hunted, and 
even then, if conditions 
are not favorable, there 
is plenty of chance for a 
"slip-up." Not every 
sportsman who goes after 
deer brings back deer ; 
but any man or woman 
who is a fairly good shot, 
and who obeys the in- 
structions of his or her 
guide, is pretty sure of 
bringing out the game 
that is sought. 

It is important that the hunter should know the "likely" places for 
game, although all the registered guides have an intimate knowledge of 
such localities. In summer the deer are found around the lakes and 
streams feeding on lily-pads and tender foliage of various kinds. As 
fall approaches and the water becomes cold, they work inland a bit, 
feeding in and about the swamps and on the mountain ridges. October 
and November mark the rutting season, when the bucks range far and 
wide in their search for does. Then come the early snows, and the 




Someone Coming 




Guess r II Be Goii, 



Where the Moose Are, 



59 




Drcssiiii^ Deer. 



deer form yards or roads in the wintry mantle by keeping it trodden 
down so they can feed on the tender twigs and browse of cedar, hem- 
lock, and other trees. The Virginian deer wears a coat of soft, 
brownish gray. It is a swift runner, and makes remarkable progress 
through the thickest woods and undergrowth. A good buck will 
weigh 275 pounds. 

If you come looking for moose in midsummer, you will find them 
feeding on succulent hly-pads and roots somewhere around the lakes 
and sluggish streams of the 
deep wilderness. It is not 
a very hard feat then to si- 
lently steal up near enough 
to get a shot, but it must 
be only a shot by camera, 
for the State law makes 
moose-killing illegal before 
October 15. By that time 
the moose have forsaken 
the waterways and must be 
sought along the hardwood 
ridges, where they feed and p,,tt,„ Game. 




o 



6o 



Moose ** Calling/ 




Oiicc III a While a Bear is Shot. 



roam during the fall and winter. Moose are massive, ungainly beasts, 
with coarse brownish hair and bristly mane, almost black. The belly 
and legs have a sort of grayish color, with a touch of yellow. In 
height a moose will overtop a horse, being six to seven and a half feet 
to the tip of the shoulders, and even more in some instances ; the 
weight is frequently in excess of i,ooo pounds. The largest moose ever 
brought to Bangor measured nine feet from his fore hoofs to the top of 
his horns, and weighed something over 1,200 pounds. 

If the hunter is fortunate enough to have several days of mild weather 
in mid-October while he is in the big-game country, he had better get his 
guide to do some " calling," just for the novelty of it, if nothing more. 
A good moose-caller — and there are many among Maine's registered 
guides — will soon fashion his megaphonic horn of birch bark, and-, 
gliding out in the evening to some advantageous position on lake or 
stream, will simulate the weird, nerve-trying wail of the cow moose 
so faithfully as to comi)letely deceive the wiliest of the huge forest 
monarchs. Should a bull moose be anywhere within hearing distance 



Best Still Hunting. 



6i 



of this long-drawn-out plaint, he will soon be heard crashing through 
the woods toward the source of the call, grunting responsively all the 
while and sniffing the air eagerly for a scent of the female whose invi- 
tation he believes he is answering. At the water's edge the passionate 
beast pauses a moment ; it is the sportsman's chance, and a rifle-shot 
carefully aimed at the nearest great shoulder brings the huge fellow 
down. Unfortunately the open season is now so late that this sort of 
sport can seldom be indulged in ; so still hunting, either by locating at 




Big Bucks are Hard to Carry. 



a runway or tracking in a bog or swamp or on light snow, is the method 
almost invariably used. The very best still hunting for Maine's big 
game — moose or deer — begins with the coming of the first snow. 
But the hunter must learn to work along in absolute silence, for any 
slight noise, a cough, a sneeze, or the snapping of a twig, is enough to 
send the startled game miles away in a very few minutes. 

Despite the fact that Maine's jungles harbor hundreds and thou- 
sands of wild beasts, there are no animals to be encountered which 
would ordinarily advance on or attack a man. Black bears are com- 
mon, but it is seldom one catches sight of them, owing to Bruin's great 
anxiety to avoid men. Lynxes, wolves, and cougars, or " Indian 



62 



When the Sportsmen Come. 



devils," are now rarely seen in the Maine woods, and even they would 
rather slink away than show fight. 

When one realizes what an easy jaunt it is from Boston straight into 
the wilderness haunts of America's largest game, he does not wonder 
that thousands of sportsmen make the trip every fall. If the hunter is 
bound for Moosehead lake territory, he can board a Pullman on the 
evening train out of Boston, and need not get out of the car until he 
arrives at Greenville the next forenoon. Or, if he is going up Katah- 
din way or still farther north, he rides in a solid vestibuled train to the 
station of his choice, from whence he can go by buckboard and canoe 
to the most remote game regions. 

The sportsmen who enter Maine jungles in quest of game might be 
classified under three general heads — those who come in August or 
September to fish and camp a while, and be on hand for the first legal 
hunting ; secondly, those who go in late in September or early in Octo- 
ber, in order to take advantage of the opening of the deer and moose 
season, and who expect to make part of their trip by canoe ; and a 
third " phalanx " who do not come until after the canoe has ceased to 
be a factor in the plans owing to cold weather, and who are eager 
to begin their quest for big game with the advent of the first snow. 

A good many sportsmen stop in Bangor long enough to get personal 
supplies, although these may be procured at the many supply stores 
farther north, as shown in the advertising section of this book. Then 
they hurry along up the line and into the hotel or sporting camp where 

they have chosen to cast 
their lot. The Maine law 
says every non-resident 
sportsman going into the 
woods to hunt or fish any 
time between May and 
December ist must be 
accompanied by a regis- 
tered guide ; but it is not 
necessary to engage these 
men ahead, as the pro- 
prietors of the woods 
hotels and camps will 
have good guides ready 
to accompany their guests 
upon notification. While 
the law does not compel 
a hunter stopping at reg- 
7uuY /i.ar Steaks .Vcvt.' istcred hunting camps to 




64 



The Guide Question. 



employ a guide, yet he will find it very much to his advantage to hire 
one of these genial woods companions. The very best of them will 
charge but $3 a day for their services, and they usually earn all they 
ask. In camping out, the guides do the cooking for the entire party, 
clear the tenting grounds, and make the camp generally snug and 
comfortable, besides doing a tremendous amount of lugging and tug- 
ging of heavy burdens. Then, too, their canoes and cooking parapher- 
nalia are tendered the use of the party free of charge. When it comes 
to moose-hunting, a guide is well-nigh indispensable, and the services 




Soiiw F0U01V the Game in Canoes - 



of one who makes a business of this special sport should be procured 
if possible. Sportsmen can have full confidence that arrangements 
made with any of the camp-owners or guides who advertise in this bock 
will be faithfully and satisfactorily carried out. 



Plenty of Game for All Comers. 

NO hunter who visits the territory reached by the Bangor & Aroos- 
took railroad need fail to get a deer. If he wishes to go deep 
into the forest for it, he may do so ; but he doesn't have to. Take 
it up around Moosehead lake, for example ; game can be shot there 



Study the Map. 



65 



in close proximity to the hotel. At Northeast carry, where Moosehead 
lake on one side and the Penobscot river on the other confine the 
game runways to a strip of land onlv^ two miles wide, there is always 
hunting to be had, and in all the territory round about Moosehead deer 
are very plenty. Perhaps the best way to learn where the great game 
haunts are, is to study that section of this book which describes the 
fishing territory minutely, for practically all of the famous fishing resorts 
are noted game resorts as well. 

It is a good idea for sportsmen to become familiar with the map of 
the B. & A. territory before they start on their hunting trip. In a gen- 





































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— A>id Proiidly Bring It Back to Camp. 

era! way it can be said that this huge game preserve extends from 
Moosehead lake on the west to the main line of railroad on the east, 
and from the road's Moosehead lake division on the south to the State's 
border on the north. There are hundreds of square miles of rich 
game-land to the eastward of the B. & A.'s rails that have not yet been 
hunted, but there seems to be no desire to break into this trackless 
jungle while the hunting is just as good to the west of the road, and 
more easily reached. 

Whichever way the sportsman turns when he once gets to rolling 
along over Bangor & Aroostook rails, he will soon find himself in hunt- 



Famous Deer Territory. 



67 



in<' country. If he goes up the Moosehead lake division to Greenville, 
it need not be many hours before he catches sight of the game he seeks. 
Or, if he keeps on up the main line, he comes continually to localities 
famous for their deer records. Schoodic, Seboois, Ingalls Siding, South 
Twin, Norcross, Millinocket, Grindstone, Stacyviile, Sherman, and 
Patten are all good hunting stations ; while the Ashland branch 
swells the list with Weeksboro, St. Croix, Masardis (the station for 
the Oxbow country), Scjua Pan, and Ashland. Good accommoda- 
tions can be had at any of these places, and also at camps located at 
some distance from the railroad. 




Some Gratifying Results. 

Norcross is the mecca for sportsmen who come down the West 
branch from Moosehead lake, as well as for those who go up the branch 
or its tributaries in search of venison or something better. The coun- 
try about the Jo Mary lakes, Nahmakanta and the lakes near it, the 
West branch to Sourdnahunk stream and beyond, the ponds south of 
Katahdin, Millinocket, Pemadumcook and Ambajejus lakes, is all 
hunted from Norcross. It is an exceptionally good region for deer ; 
and moose are also found here, but not quite so plentifully as to the 
west and north of Katahdin, which territory is best reached from the 
head of Moosehead lake. Patten, or from the Ashland branch. 



68 



Moose Up 'Round Katahdin. 



It is safe to say, therefore, that the deer-hunter will find sport a-plenty 
anywhere in the B. & A. territory north of Brownville, and in many 
localities south of that station. The sportsman in quest of moose will 
find several places where the huge game can be hunted successfully. 
We would especially specify the region all about Moosehead lake ; all 
the great territory between Moosehead lake and the main B. & A. line 
in the vicinity of Norcross ; on all sides of Mt. Katahdin ; along the 
upper waters of the East branch of the Penobscot, and the Sebois, 
reached from Patten ; along the upper Aroostook river and its tributa- 




Hoio Many Moose Can You Sec ^ 



ries, going in from Masardis and Oxbow ; and in the dense wilderness 
that lies west of Ashland, around Fish and Big Machias lakes with their 
tributaries. 

Mt. Katahdin is about in the centre of Maine's best moose country, 
the western limit being marked by the border of the State, its eastern 
limit by the main line of the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, its southern 
confines by the Moosehead lake division of the B. & A., and its northern 
by the St. John river. Moose roam in goodly numbers throughout all 
the region thus bounded ; and although they wander at times in the fall 
to the B. & A.'s Moosehead lake division and below, yet their real 
home, where they winter in greatest numbers, is in the dense wilderness 
north, west, and south of Katahdin. 




A Site for Gai. 



70 



At Moosehead Lake, 



The region between Katahdin Iron Works on the south and the 
Penobscot AVest branch on the north is also a productive moose coun- 
try ; it is easily reached from Katahdin Iron Works, Roach jjond, or 
westward from Norcross. Still another favorite locality for moose-hunt- 




Posiiig. 



ing lies directly east of Moosehead lake, all along from Lily bay to the 
head of the lake. Included in this territory is the Roach river region 
reached from Spencer bay, and up along Lazy Tom brook, where sev- 
eral handsome specimens have recently been secured. 

Going into the jungles north of Moosehead and around Chesuncook, 
Chamberlain, Eagle, Caucomgomoc, and Allagash lakes, the sjDortsman 
will come upon dozens of bogs and streams where moose are sure to be 
found. A good many hunters make this trip, starting with a guide 
from Greenville, Kineo, or Northeast carry. Another famous moose 
country is reached from Chesuncook, going past Harrington lake 
in to Sourdnahunk. 




'Babes in the Woods. 



72 



The Oxbow^ Country, 



Much of the best game region in the B. & A. territory would be 
barred to the sportsman were it not for the hundreds of intertwining 
waterways where canoeing is easy and ever deUghtful. There are, how- 
ever, some rare good hunting grounds to be reached by buckboard, as, 
for instance, the big-game haunts on the Sebois and East branch, at 
Telos and Sourdnaliunk lakes, and at Trout brook, all easily reached 




He Didn't Know He Had Company. 

from Patten. At any of the larger stations in the upper game territory 
will be found a number of " tried and true " guides, and all the wants 
of sportsmen in the way of transportation and supplies can be satisfied. 
The famous Oxbow country, up around the headwaters of the Aroos- 
took, is one of Maine's most noted moose regions ; it is readied by a 
lo-mile ride by team from Masardis to Oxbow, and thence by canoe. 

In studying the game record of the road, it must be remembered 
that some of the stations are collecting and shipping points for game 
for a large territory, while others ship only such game as is killed in their 
immediate vicinity. For instance, Ashland and Masardis draw from 



Guides. 



73 



regions as far away as the Aroostook, Big Macliias, and Fish rivers ; 
Patten receives game from as far away as Sourdnahunk lake, 55 miles 
to the west, and from all the forest between ; Stacyville and Grindstone 
get credit for the East branch trophies ; Norcross is the shipping 
point for all the lower West branch ; while Greenville's record is 
swelled by game from Moosehead lake and adjacent territory^ 2,000 
square miles in all. 



It is nothing more than just that a word or two should be added con- 
cerning the guides who live and help others enjoy life in B. & A. terri- 
tory. They are a genial, jovial class of men, with those characteristics 
of willinirness and endurance which make them most valuable com- 




Scventee7i Hanging- ; 3!ore on the Sno 



panions for a rough woods life. As hunters of big game they have no 
superior in all the world. They are as familiar with the habits of the 
animals they hunt and the woods they traverse as with their own door- 
yards. They know how big game must be approached ; they know 
just the moment to give the sign when the hunter shall send his bullet 
into the unsuspecting moose or deer with best chances for bringing the 
animal down. Hunting in Maine could never hold forth its rich, rare 
fund of excitement and pleasure if it were not for the sturdy, woods- 
skilled guide who is ready and willing at all times to go into the jungles 
with the visiting sportsman, do his drudgery and his hard work, take 
him to localities where the game is most plenty, and become generally 
indispensable — all for $3 per day or thereabouts. 



75 



RECORD OF BIG GAME, 

Carried by B. & A. R. R. 
Open Season of 1901. Deer, Oct. 1 to Dec. lo; Moose, Oct. lo to Dec. 1. 



SHIPPED FROM 



Van Buren 

Jemtlantl 

Caribou 

Presque Isle 

Fort Fairfield 

Easton 

Fort Fairfield Junction. 
Mars Hill and Blaine . . 

Robinson's 

Bridgewater 

Monticello 

Littleton 

Ludlow 

Ashland 

Masardis 

St. Croix 

Howe Brook 

Weeksboro 

Dudley 

Smyrna Mills 

Oakfield 

Island falls 

Crystal 

Patten 

Sherman 

Stacy ville 

Grindstone 

Millinocket 

Norcross 

Ingalls' Siding 

West Seboois 

Schoodic 

Katahdin Iron Works. . 
Brownville Junction... 

Brownville 

Mile... 

Greenville 

Shirley 

Blanchard 

Monson Junction 

Abbott village 

Guilford 

So. Sebec 

Lagrange 

So. Lagrange 

Alton 



Total Game Shipped. 



October 



3 

5-2 

60 

3 

1 

\ 

5 

6 

13 

2 

166 

54 

50 

58 

27 

161 

21 

21 

43 

33 



November 



2ao 
44 

216 

146 
57 
96 
17 
46 
52 

127 
10 

24 

442 

15 

12 

4 



December 



1 

223 



36 

10 

55 

3 

2 

5 

118 

2 



646 



TOTAL 



9 

3 

1 

4 

1 

3 

151 

375 

10 

21 

16 

6 

13 

29 

33 

2 

453 

104 

273 

228 

124 

311 

38 

103 

105 

215 

19 

37 

29 

1055 

23 

27 

5 

C 

1 

1 

2 



3882 



Total Shipped 1894. 

" " 1895. 

" " 1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

" 1809. 

" 1900. 



479 


24 


345 


8 


177 


13 


1001 


669 


53 


501 


21 


411 


38 


1581 


1029 


79 


718 


19 


498 


35 


2245 


1246 


55 


1023 


37 


671 


47 


2940 


1348 


71 


1347 


77 


682 


54 


3377 


14.33 


80 


1960 


63 


363 


23 


3756 


1298 


38 


1516 


63 


540 


64 


3379 



45 
112 
133 
139 
202 
166 
210 



The moose shown as shipped in December are those killed in open season, and 
shipped by special permit or left with a taxidermist to be mounted. 

The above statement, compiled from records kept by station agents, comprises 
only game shipped by visiting sportsmen, and d les not include that killed by native 
hunters, nor the large quantity consumed in camps. 



76 What's Legal for the Hunter. 



Maine Game La^w^s in Brief. 

MOOSE — One bull moose, at least one year old, and having at 
least two prongs on horns. One bull moose or portions may 
be shipped out of the State without being accompanied by 
the hunter, when accompanied by evidence of the sex of the animal, 
and marked with special olhcial shipping tag supplied by express or 
station agents. Cost of tag, ^5.00. No tag or shipping fee required 
when owner accompanies game. 

DEER — Two deer between October ist and December 15th. 
Deer or portions of deer may be shipped outside of the State when offi- 
cially tagged ; cost of tag, $2.00. No tag is required when owner 
accompanies the game. 

CARIBOU are protected for six years from October 15, 1899. 

GAME BIRDS — Partridge (Ruffed Grouse) and Woodcock may 
be gunned from September 15th to December ist; Quail, from October 
ist to December ist; Wood Duck, Black Duck, Teal, and Gray Duck, 
daring April, and from Septembc- ist to December ist; Plover and 
Snipe, August ist to May ist. Not more than fifteen birds of any one 
variety may be taken in a day, except Sandpipers. Non-resident 
hunters may ship home one pair of game birds under a special shipping 
tag ; cost of tag, 50 cents. 

BEARS, WOLVES, AND WILD-CATS may be killed 
whenever found. 

MINK, SABLE, MUSKRAT, AND FISHER may be 
legally killed between October 15th and May ist. Reaver may be 
legally killed only by written permission of commissioners. Sunday is 
close time on all game. 

Notice to Sportsmen. 

Game when shipped must be open to view, tagged, and plainly 
labelled with the name and residence of the owner thereof, and accom- 
panied by him, except when accompanied by a special official shipping 
tag. Those owning game are required to be on hand at stations where 
the express company makes transfer, and at which jwiiits wardens are 



77 
Must Identify Game. 

stationed. In case owner does not appear, the game is held or seized 
by the wardens as the law allows. Wardens are stationed at the Maine 
Central station, Bangor, and those owning game should appear at the 
express cars to identify game and avoid trouble. 



Don't Shoot Carelessly! 

Extract from Maine Laws, Chapter 263, P. L. 1901 : — 
Section i. Whoever, while on a hunting trip, or in the pursuit 
of wild game or game birds, negligently or carelessly shoots and 
wounds or kills any human b^ing, shall be punished by imprisonment 
not exceeding 10 years, or by fine not exceeding $1,000. 




A Beauty S/>ot Deep in the " Jungle. 



79 



Ufye HigH-SHoiildered H\ii\t. 

By WiNFiELi) M. Thompson. 

(The following sketch is based on fact, two inexperienced hunters, with a guide, having brought 
down, in B. & A. territory, by one volley, three bull moose, weighing together more than 3,000 
pounds.) 

THE snow lay deep between the railroad and Joe Lafitte's camp, 
and an aged horse, drawing a sled on which were seated two 
men, made slow progress along the winding tote road, between 
walls of white-laden boughs. 

The horse had evidently come far. Icicles hung from his nose, and 
steam rose from his flanks. The occupants of the sled were old, and 
much bundled up. They scanned the road ahead for the turn that 
should bring in sight the camp toward which their journey tended. 

" Mighty long drive from the Oxbow," at last said one, from the 
depths of his comforter. 

" Cold, too," was the response. " Better have another, don't you 
think?" 

Reaching down before the affirmative reply was given, the speaker 
produced a high-shouldered junk bottle, one of a dozen reposing in a 
box under the seat, and took a long pull at its contents. Then he 
passed it to his fellow, who followed his example. 

" Good stuff they have on the other side of the border, Judge," he 
commented. 

"Sweeter because it never paid duty," replied the old gentleman 
addressed as Judge, with an appreciative chuckle, expressing the com- 
mon sentiment of the border country. The Major gave an answering 
chuckle from behind his muffler, and the Judge clucked at the horse. 

" Ought to get game, with ammunition like that," he said ; " hey. 
Major? Geddap, Pansy ! Nothing like a good, cheering nip to hunt 
on," quoth he. ''Twelve bottles ought to last us until we get on to 
something, if Joe is real spry." 

Joe Lafitte stood at his cabin door, looking over the whitened 
forest in the valley, as the sled came around the bend in the tote 
road at the edge of the clearinc:. 

" Look lak' farmair," he commented, as he watched the outfit pro- 
gress. "Guess they come from Presque Eil, maybe," he added. 



8o Joe Greets Old Acquaintances, 

Joe did not view a visit of this character with enthusiasm. He 
wanted to see " city sports," with money and much energy, ready to 
chase moose. Joe's last aggregation of chents from the city had not 
had good kick in looking for moose, owing to noisy hunting, and since 
the snow had come no sports had appeared. 

Therefore Joe was sad, and here was fate sending only a couple of 
persons wlio looked like farmers to profit by the hunting of the deep 
snow. " Han't ben' chance lak' this come ten year," mused Joe, as he 
watched the sled draw near. 

Joe was surprised to see thereon an old acquaintance, none other 
than Judge Peterson, of Presque Isle, before whom he had once 
appeared in a case growing out of the gentle passion. 

" Come looking for moose, Joe," explained the Judge. Joe was 
relieved, for he recalled instances in which the Judge might still figure. 
He forthwith became extremely cheerful, and greeted the Judge and 
his friend the Major with sunny cordiality. 

" Mighty locky you come this tarn'," said he. "Han't never see 
hunting lak' now. Moose track all over h'ridge, more hunder' t'ousan'." 

Pansy was stalled snugly in the "hovel" behind the camp. The 
box of junk bottles, and various home-made cakes and other confec- 
tions, were brought from the sled, and together the worthy pair of 
travelers proceeded to make themselves at home in Joe's camp. 

The fire in the drum stove was inspiring, and the libations to the 
gods of the chase cheering after a long ride. The Judge and the 
Major were soon deep in a game, playing with great enthusiasm, as Joe 
prepared supper. 

Plans for the next day were formed after supper. The travelers 
from Presque Isle were after moose, and must have them. Back home, 
various of their friends had jeered at their expedition, and had taunted 
them with their age and inexperience. It had been 25 years since 
either had shouldered a gun, and their fire-arms for the hunt were 
weapons of another period. 

" I fit with that gun under Grant," said the Major, " and it's a durned 
sight better than these new popguns that throw a pea a mile. When a 
moose is hit with this he'll stay put, I tell ye ! " 

The Major flourished his musket, and Joe eyed the arm suspiciously. 
He had associated with so many modern sportsmen since the rail- 
road was put through that he held advanced ideas about guns. 
Muskets were of too early a stage in the world's development to appeal 
to him. 

"Guess maybe somet'ing give me the bad h'eye," he thought that 
night as he lay down in his bunk. " First tam' this year come good 
snow, an' only two farmair wit' ancien fusil iox mak' de hunt." 



Sleepy Hunters. 



Si 



Joe longed for city men like those who had failed in the dry forest 
to get their moose, and so slept. 

The dawn was yet low in the east when Joe stirred the embers in the 
stove and prepared coffee. The Judge and the Major were sleeping 
heavily, and refused to be roused under his shaking. 
• " Go 'way," they growled from dreamland, and Joe was obliged to 
leave them in their deep slumber until the sun was high and the fore- 
noon half spent. 

Then they rose full of valor, and ready for the hunt. 

Joe discreetly kept silence as to his views on early rising for men 




Every Shot Told ! 

who would slay moose, and the party started out on snowshoes of his 
providing. 

" Haven't been on snowshoes this 20 years," said the Judge, " but 
guess I can manage them." 

The Major had nothing to say. Joe was in deep melancholy. 
Slowly the trio fared through the still forest, for Joe found he was 
obliged to wait for his convoy^ as a fast cruiser waits for the slow gun- 
boats in a squadron. 

The way lay around the shoulder of the foothill at the mountain base, 
toward a point where Joe thought he could find a moose yard. One, 
two, three miles were covered painfully by the Judge and the Major 



82 Skirmishing for Game. 

puffing along in Joe's wake, until there came an abrupt stop. The 
huntsmen from Prescjue Isle found their guns insufferably heavy, and 
their snowshoes had a way of diving into the snow in front that was 
beyond their patience to further combat. 

A council of war was held. The Judge ruled that inasmuch as him- 
self and his colleague were much fatigued, and the way back to camp 
was already long, they would advance no farther that day, but would 
turn on their tracks. When Joe found game, he could return to camp 
by the shortest route and tell them. Then they would start out next 
day and fetch down the quarry. 

Joe sniffed, and was for appealing from this dictum, but he recalled the 
Judge's powers in other walks of life, and sped off on his quest, glad to be 
free of the impediment of two tired old fellows unused to the woods. 

As the twilight shadows were deepening on the mountain side, Joe 
returned to camp. He had found a yard of moose. The news was 
received with great joyousness by the Judge and the Major, now 
refreshed after their toil, and as optimistic as if their legal quota of 
moose was now hanging before the camp. 

Next day the hunters rose, after much prodding from Joe, but an 
hour after the sun, and set out with the guide for the moose yard. It 
was four miles off, and their progress was slow. 

At last Joe whispered to them to proceed with great caution. He 
was approaching the yard against the wind, and was confident the 
party had not been scented by the animals, of which he declared there 
were fully half a dozen, all corralled in a little enclosure they had 
tramped down in the deep snow. Silently, and as stealthily as a 
cat, the French Canadian guide slid along the snow, under drooping 
boughs of small growth, and laboriously the men of Presque Isle fol- 
lowed. They were tired, and would have sold their chance of a moose 
cheap, but they could do nothing now but advance, and watch the 
sliding, creeping form of the guide with a species of fascination. When 
he held aside a bough, and indicated with a nod of the head that they 
should look beyond, they peered eagerly and incredulously at what 
seemed to them three brown and rotten stumps rising from beyond a 
ridge of undergrowth across 50 yards of rough clearing. They stared 
without making a move, until Joe's eyes snapped in anger. 

The " stumps " were moose, and here were his precious farmers not 
able to determine the fact when the animals were before their eyes ! 

With expressive pantomime, Joe ordered them to fire at the brown 
objects before them. They eagerly obeyed, shutting their eyes as their 
muskets went off with kicks that smote their shoulders, and caused 
their jaws to set with a snap. 

Joe rushed forward after the discharge, for he also had fired, and he 



What Luck ! 83 

hoped for at least one hit. The Judge and the Major came up with 
as much haste as possible, rubbing their eyes as they approached Joe, 
for he was sending a parting shot into a huge bull moose kicking in the 
snow. Could they believe the evidence of their vision? Therein the 
snow beyond this expiring forest monarch were two others, in the last 
tliToes. All three looked as large as good-sized oxen to the men from 
Presque Isle. 

" Nobody h'ant never see h'anyt'ing lak' this ; come h'end of the 
worl' for sure," said Joe. " All t'ree bulls. Catch 'em sleei)in' wit' 
nose on the win'." 

He laughed appreciatively over his cunning and skill, while the Judge 
and the Major executed a rude dance. Their honor was vindicated. 

Joe was sent back after Pansy and the sled, for the scene was near a 
tote road, and thmgs were right for taking out the moose intact. It 
was late the next day when the last was strung up before Joe Lafitte's 
cabin. 

The Judge and the Major made merry, and spoke disparagement of 
those who had scoffed at them as hunters. Declaring that they spurned 
these detractors, they framed sarcastic speeches wherewith to shrivel 
them on their return to Presque Isle. 

As Joe skinned the moose, and removed their heads and spreading 
antlers, his only comment, often repeated, was : — 

" H'it beat h'all I ever see." 



85 



Jungle Voyages by Canoe. 

WONDERLAND for the vacationer, Paradise for the canoe- 
ist, Elysium for the kodaker, are found practically without 
limitation in the vast, deep jungle-land threaded by the 
labyrinthian waterways of northern Maine. The map has not yet been 
made which shows all these devious canoe roads through the tangled 
wilderness, but enough of the ways have been traversed to prove indis- 
putably that the finest canoe country in all America is in what is com- 
monly called " B. & A. territory." 

No man or woman who has taken a canoe ride on any of Maine's 
rich-bowered streams can ever forget the exhilarating joy of it. Under 
the slow, measured strokes of the guide's paddle, the graceful craft 
skims swiftly over the water, making scarcely a ripple or a sound. 
Sometimes the woods on either side seem to feel the spell of silence, 
and not a leaf rustles ; naught but perchance the chat of a saucy fisher, 
or the ker-chug, ker-chiig of a distant " stake-driver," breaks upon the 
solemn forest stillness as the voyager wends his way onward from bend 
to bend. On such occasions one feels his very soul thrill with delight- 
ful inspiration in accord with the forest poesy ; and even if he is built 
on the coldest, most matter-of-fact plan, he is bound to wonder at the 
magnificence of the passing scenery, and to keep his camera button 
working in regular Gatling-gun fashion. 

A good many enjoyable canoe trips have already been described in 
the fishing section of this book, and need not be repeated here. It is 
the purpose of this chapter to speak more especially of those canoe 
trips which are usually taken for the trip itself, rather than for the 
sport of fishing or hunting which may be had en route. 



Domth tHe "West BrancH. 

OF all the favorite canoe trips which have their start at Moose- 
head, the run down the ^Vest branch of the Penobscot, about 
125 miles from Northeast carry to Norcross, is the most popular. It 
can be easily accomplished in from one to two weeks, and presents 



86 



From Northeast Carry. 



Maine jungle life in all its variety and attractiveness. Competent 
guides can be secured at Greenville, Kineo, or Northeast carry, ready 
and equipped for all the needs of such an inland voyage. The guides 
supply canoes and cooking utensils. Tents can be rented and pro- 
visions secured at any of the places mentioned. 

The first move from Northeast carry must be made by team over the 
two-mile road to the river. There is a good hotel at either end of the 
carry, and the first night out from Greenville can be comfortably spent 
in either of them. After leaving the carry, the first 20 miles down the 




Such is the Poetry of a Woods IJoi. 



river to Chesuncook lake are made between densely-wooded banks. 
There are some stretches of quick water in this distance, but none 
which cannot be run. 

Two and a half miles below the put-m at Northeast carry is Lobster 
stream, which is the outlet of Lobster lake, two miles to the south. 
This lake, which gets its name from the small shellfish resembling 
shrimp that are found in its waters, is about six miles long, and is one of 
the State's most picturesque bodies of water. Its shores are a sort 
of succession of crescent-shaped sand beaches, broken by rocky head- 



Pine Stream, Full of Trout 



87 




Oit Mud Pond Carry. 

lands of peculiar geological formation, being full of holes like coral, as 
if worn by water. A circle of hills hedge the lake in cosily, and ideal 
camping spots are plenty in the fine groves all along the shores, Togue 
fishing is good here, and there are lots of trout in the streams and 
ponds near by. 

Reverting to the West branch, quick water is encountered for about 
two miles below Lobster stream to Warren island. Below the island 
are four milts of dead water, above Moosehorn stream, which comes in 
on the right. Half way to the lake is a house where lumbermen and 
sportsmen are entertained. Half a mile below this point Ragmuff 
stream comes in on the left, and two miles farther up is Big island. 
Then comes two miles of quick water followed by a dead-water stretch 
of two miles. Several small islands dot the stream below here, and 
rough water is encountered most of the way to the lake. Pine stream 
falls, where Pine stream pours its waters into the river, are passed six 
miles below the Half-way house. There is rare good trout fishing up 
along this stream, and two or three days could be profitably used up on 
this side trip. 

Chesuncook lake, 1 8 miles long, receives the West branch waters at 
its northern end. Here tents are pitched for the first night out from 
Northeast carry. If the voyager is going down the East branch or the 
Allagash he paddles across the head of the lake, up Umbazookskus 



On Chamberlain Lake. 



stream, " totes " across Mud pond carry, and drops his canoe into the 
waters of Chamberlain lake. If he is to keep on the West branch 
waters, he works along down the long lake, following the west shore for 
the first half of the way, crossing where the lake is narrowest and con- 
tinuing along the east shore until the outlet is reached. During this trip 
the canoeist gets a magnificent view of Mt. Katahdin, looming up 
massively, grandly, many miles to the east. Chesuncook's shores are 
mostly low, with rocks at the water line ; the lake has no islands. 




" Exploring." 

Sometimes West branch voyagers make the side trip from Chesun- 
cook to Caribou lake, going up a thoroughfare two miles long, entered 
from the west shore of Chesuncook. A camp is located on Caribou 
lake, in a good fishing neighborhood. Harrington lake, one of Maine's 
best trout waters, is another locality to be reached from Chesuncook. 
It lies north of Ripogenus, and is at the end of a seven-mile tote from 
a point on Chesuncook just above the outlet. A horse is usually kept 
here in summer to haul canoes over the carries in this neighborhood. 



Ripogenus Waters. 89 

At the foot of Chesuncook a dam bars farther progress by water, but 
it is only half a mile by carry around into Ripogenus lake. Camp may 
be made easily at either end of the carry. 

Swinging down to the foot of Ripogenus lake, the longest carry on 
the whole trip must be made. It is a jaunt of three miles around the 
Ripogenus gorge and arches, where the rushing, rolling, frothing waters 
tumble along between steep granite cliffs with a roar that is heard far 




SoiiiLtiines Canoeing' /s Uphill Work. 



off in the forest. There is a small pond on this carry where good fish- 
ing is usually to be had. The carry is hilly, and the scenery striking in 
the extreme. Many picturesque rapids keep the river in a turmoil 
throughout this three-mile stretch, which is known as one of the worst 
regions for driving in all the length of the West branch. 

At the end of the carry is a place called the " Big Eddy," and here 
camp may be made and canoes put in next day. Below the Big Eddy 



9° 



The ''Horserace." 




Till' Latdistring Always Hangs Out. 



the waters run strong to (killiver's pitch, or Ambajemackomus falls. 
Here a quarter-mile carry must be made to the head of the " Horse- 
race," two miles of quick water, in which great jagged ledges are plenti- 
fully strewn, and where the cool head of a skilled guide is needed to 
bring a canoe through successfully. The turbulent current of the 
Horserace is soon quieted in the upper waters of Sourdnahunk dead- 
water, a widening of the river about two and a half miles in length. 
Mt. Katahdin is seen to good advantage from here, the great green 
slopes being not more than a dozen miles away. An eighth-of-a-mile 
carry at the foot of Sourdnahunk deadwater takes the voyager around 
Sourdnahunk falls ; it is only a short distance farther down the river to 
where Sourdnahunk stream sends its waters from the north. Here is a 
good camping locality. 

If one would see trout fishing at its best, he must not fail to make a 
trip up Sourdnahunk stream to the little ponds that are grouped along 
its course. Here one can catch the speckled beauties until he actually 
tires of landing them. It is common custom here to throw back all 
trout less than lo inches or so in length, and still the angler's string 
gets heavy in a short time. No particular kind of fiy is needed ; the 
trout seem eager to bite at anything. Sourdnahunk stream has a rocky 
bed, and is too quick for canoeing. However, there is a trail along the 
east bank all the way to the lake, 17 miles distant, and a horse is on 



Trouting at Sourdnahunfc. 



QI 



the trail for toting. The small ponds mentioned are from a (juarter 
mile to two miles from the stream ; the map does not show them all. 
Sporting camps are located along the stream and at the lake. 

After a day or two spent in the Sourdnahunk region, the voyager, 
returning to the river, can complete the last 28 miles of his trip and 
reach Norcross in a day if he cares to. In order to do this, steamer 
must be taken at Ambajejus lake for the lower 15 miles of the run. 

The 13 miles intervening between Sourdnahunk stream and the 
Ambajejus waters include many rips and falls where a carry-around is 
imperative. The first is at Abol falls, a mile and a half below Sourdna- 
hunk, near the outlet of the Abol streams, Aboljackarmegus and Abol- 
jackermegassic, which flow clear and cold from off Katahdin's southern 
slope. A trail, marked by spotted trees, leads to the mountain from the 
mouth of these streams. Abol falls carry is a quarter of a mile. Below 
this are three miles of dead water. Then come Pockwockamus falls, 
where there is a rocky carry half a mile long ; next, the narrow, winding 
Pockwockamus deadwater for three miles to Debsconeag falls, where 
another half-mile carry is encountered. Debsconeag deadwater is 
next in the course. From its westerly side, near the upper end, a trip 
may be taken to First Debsconeag lake, which is reached through a 




At Afml Carry, U'cst Branch. 



92 



The Debsconcag Chain of Lakes. 



short thoroughfare. A sporting club has a commodious camp here 
for the entertainment of travelers, while side trips in the vicinity are 
numerous. 

First Debsconeag is one of a chain of four lakes of that name which 
lie like pockets in the deeply-wooded hills to the southwest of Katah- 
din, this mountain overtopping the land hereabouts. The water of these 
lakes is clear and cool, and far down in them are found the largest of lake 
trout. First Debsconeag is an excellent fishing place, and the sportsman 
whose high-line "laker" here does not exceed iS pounds feels disap- 




There's No Life Lild- Woods Living. 

pointed. Fishing is best in May and early June, but is not bad at any 
time through the summer. 

From the head of First Debsconeag is a carry of a strong half mile 
to Second Debsconeag, over a good tote road. Canoes are kept on 
Second, and by crossing it (half a mile), to a point near the head, one 
may take the trail to Rainbow lake, the very seventh heaven of the 
devout trout fisherman. 

Square-tails abound here, and they take both bait and fly greedily. 
Their size is not great, — say from half a pound to two pounds, — but 
they are extremely active and strong, and give excellent sport. It is 
not unusual for an amateur caster to take his legal daily limit of 25 
pounds of trout here in his first hour of fishing. There is a good log 



94 



A Thirty-Pound "Laker/ 



camp here for the accommodation of sportsmen, and a canoe on the 
lake. The trail in is clear and easily walked. 

Out of Second Debsconeag, bearing westward, one may go to Third 
Debsconeag, over a trail a scant eighth of a mile long. Third Deb- 
sconeag is the largest of the chain, and a charming body of water, four 
miles long by a mile wide, surrounded by the green of the unbroken 
forest on the hillsides, and indented with numerous coves. Canoes are 
kept here as part of a system of transportation through the chain of 
lakes, and the fishing for togue in these waters cannot be bettered. 
The record "laker" from here tipped the scales at more than 30 




A Bit of Quick Jl'ait-r. 



pounds, according to veracious guides. At the foot of Third lake are 
some striking groves of tall pines, and the camping sites among them 
are enticing. 

From the foot of the lake a first-class trail of a mile, through an old 
lumber road, takes one to the head of Pemadumcook lake, where 
by appointment the steamer for Norcross will pick you up with your 
traps. 

If the excursionist coming down the West branch has not diverged 
from his path down river to take hi the Debsconeag lakes, he will find 
that through Debsconeag deadwater from Debsconeag falls it is a 
strong two miles to the next broken water, Passamagamock falls, where 



On AUagash Waters. 95 

there is a short carry; then dead water for a mile and a lialf to 
Ambajejus foils, where the last carry of the trip is made. There is 
a horse here to haul canoes. At this point the river broadens out 
into Ambajejus lake. Millinocket, full of islands and one of the 
handsomest lakes in this territory, is reached by a short carry from 
Ambajejus lake. 

If one has plenty of time, the paddle down Ambajejus, Pemadum- 
cook, and North Twin lakes to Norcross is certainly worth while. From 
Norcross the traveler may start for the " States " by forenoon or after- 
noon train, and have the canoes shipped back to Greenville or North- 
east carry by express. 



A' 



^he Allag'asK Trip. 

N OTHER favorite summer jaunt for canoeists is the AUagash 
_L river trip, 200 miles long, from Northeast carry, Moosehead 
lake, to Van Buren on the St. John. This trip is strongly in contrast 
with' the West branch trip, because of its clear waterways and conse- 
quently few carries. 

The start and the first part of the AUagash journey, as mentioned 
earlier, is to Chesuncook from Northeast carry. Then comes the 
hardest part of the whole trip — the working along for 15 miles into 
Chamberlain lake. Umbazooksus stream, 10 miles long, runs quietly 
for six miles above Chesuncook, but the remainder is quick water, and 
must be poled or waded. It will take the best part of a day to reach 
Umbazooksus lake, which is five miles long, and shallow far out from 
shore. At the southeast end is a carry, a mile and three quarters long, 
leading to Mud pond. A horse is kept there to haul canoes. Mud 
pond is a mile wide ; it is the first East branch water the voyager comes 
to on this route. Its outlet. Mud stream, is navigable for canoes, and 
leads to Chamberlain lake after a run of about a mile. From here the 
canoe is turned toward the head of the lake, where there is a dam, and 
a carry into AUagash waters. 

The carry is short, and it is a short run down the stream to Eagle 
lake, the head of which is a fair day's paddle from Chamberlain. There 
are sporting camps located on Eagle lake. Working on through a 
thoroughfare, Churchill lake, rich in wildly beautiful scenery, is made, 
and good camp sites will be found at its head, at Chase's carry. Here 
a dam makes carrying imperative — the last carry on the trip except at 



96 



Only Bar to Canoe Navigation. 



Allagash falls, 27 miles above Fort Kent, the falls being the only bar to 
canoe navigation in the Allagash from source to mouth. 

A day's paddle from Churchill leads to Umsaskis lake. Then come 
Long lake and Round pond, the two being easily made in a day. 




/■/;,■ Block-House, Fort Kent. 

Round pond is the last lake on the route, and from it the river runs 
strong to the St. John. From Round pond to Allagash falls is a com- 
fortable day's run. Here is a French settlement where supplies may 
be procured. Making the quarter-mile carry on the right, the voyager 
puts in below the falls, and runs the remaining 13 miles to the mouth 
of the Allagash in about two hours, the river having numerous rapids, 
but none which cannot be easily run by a good guide. 

The village of Connors is situated at the mouth of the Allagash, on 
the Canadian side. Fifteen miles below, after passing many small 



Fort Kent. 97 




Ciiiiu^' Up an Appetite /or Supper. 

islands, the canoeist comes to Fort Kent, situated at the confluence of 
the Fish river with the St, John. The town has an interesting history, 
having been first settled by Acadian refugees driven out of Nova Scotia 
in 1755 and from New Brunswick in 1783, and received its name from 
a fort or block-house named for Governor Kent, and built in the place at 
the time of Maine's northeast-boundary dispute in 1840. 

The 40-mile run from Fort Kent to Van Buren, past Frenchville, 
Madawaska, Grand Isle, and other French settlements, can be made in 
a day, as the current runs strong all the way. Many islands add to the 
charms of this part of the trip, and the shore scenes are frequently of 
exceptional beauty. At Van Buren the train for home may be taken, 
riding down over the Van Buren extension of the Bangor & Aroostook 
railroad, and so making direct communication between the St. John 
valley and Bangor. 

From Van Buren an interesting side trip of a dozen miles is made to 
Grand falls, on the St. John, where the waters tumble 75 feet between 
rugged, picturesque, rocky walls. These are the largest waterfalls in 
New England. 

Several pleasant side trips are possible in the last half of the 
Allagash-St. John route. Prominent among them is a visit to the Fish 
river system of lakes, reached by a five-mile carry from Frenchville, to 
Long lake, or from Van Buren. There are no carries in this trip after 
the lakes are reached, with about 75 miles of fine canoeing water. The 
fishing: here is excellent. 



98 



The East Branch Voyage. 




Caiwci/i^ is Ideal Here. 



As E^ast BrancH "Waters Flo"w. 

y^ CCQRDING to the best- informed people, the East branch trip 
jL^L is most advantageously taken in early autumn, when there is 
usually better water than in the middle of the summer, and when the 
foliage of the woods takes on its gayest, most attractive colors. This 
is a favorite hunting trip with many, and every year finds a goodly 
amount of big-game trophies brought out of this territory. 

Beginning the East branch trip from Moosehead lake, one follows 
the West branch route to Chesuncook, and then the Allagash route to 
Chamberlain lake. Here the voyager is in the highest lake country in 
the State, being i,ioo feet above tide-water. In all the region about 
are waterways in marvellous number ; every lake, stream, and brook 
seems to lead to another of its kind, and so they go, on and on, far 
into the deepest jungles of the wilderness. No map yet made has shown 
the full number and extent of these myriad sinuous routes. 

Turning to the south, the canoeist works down Chesuncook lake and 
through the three-mile thoroughfare to Telos lake, passing through 
Telosmis lake on the way. Telos is about five miles long, being 



'* 



Canal from Telos to Webster Lake. 



99 




Cool ami Invititig, Isn't It ? 

shaped something like an irregular crescent, with two large coves on 
the north side. It is about eight miles from the foot of Chamberlain 
to the foot of Telos, and here, if camp was made at Mud pond carry 
the night before, it will be time to camp again. The voyager will find 
comfortable sporting camps at this point, and excellent sport can be 
had here in either the hunting or fishing season. 

Sourdnahunk is only six miles south of Telos, reached by tote 
road. This is the shortest way to Sourdnahunk from any point on any 
canoe route, and a trip in, made through the virgin forest, is well 
worth while. 

About 60 years ago, owing to the passage in New Brunswick of a 
tax law relating to lumber driven on St. John waters, Maine's timber 
operators built a dam at the outlet of Chamberlain lake, cut a 
canal from Telos, on the south, into Webster lake, thus turning the 
flow of Chamberlain lake and its tributaries south instead of north, 
and into the East branch instead of the Allagash. This canal, which 
is about a mile in length, is narrow and the water runs swift. Canoe- 
ing in it is possible with a good pitch of water, but the bed is often 
nearly dry. 

Webster lake is the first water of the whole route, so far, that natu- 
rally belongs to the East branch system. It is about three miles long, 



LtffC. 



lOO Roaring Grand Falls. 

and at its outlet begins the roughest ten miles of water on the entire 
East branch trip. The stream tosses and churns and foams through 
rocky cuts and chasms, over ledges and around boulders, dropping in 
a succession of low, swift falls, whirling eddies, and turbulent stretches, 
until, at Grand falls, it takes a 50-foot plunge, and, curling, foaming, 
thundering, writhing, rolls onward to its conflux with the East branch 
near by. There are some places on the stream where a canoe can be 
run for a mile or so, but it is by far the better and safer way to let a 
tote wagon move canoes and luggage all the way from Telos to a point 
above Grand falls, where the stream can be crossed and a portage 




A Jungle Courtship. 



made over Indian carry, three quarters of a mile, into the East branch. 
The scenery all along Webster stream is wildly beautiful. There are 
massive rocky walls on both sides, sometimes extending several hun- 
dred feet up from the frothing waters toward the blue of heaven. At 
the carry is a good camping site, and from there an excursion should 
be taken on foot to Grand falls. 

The first sight of the real East branch is had at the river end of Indian 
carry. A mile and a half down-stream is Second lake, reached through 
a rather narrow part of the river, between grassy banks and over some 
sand-bars, but always with plenty of water. The Telos road, coming 



Pleasant Run Down Second Lake. 




Tlie Guides Don't Mind Carrying- 



down the south side of Webster stream, passes close to Second lake 
on the south and joins another road, leading from Trout brook, near 
the foot of the lake. The road passes near Grand lake, next below 
Second, and goes out to Patten. 

The canoeist finds it a pleasant four-mile run down Second lake, 
among the several small islands, and with finely-wooded shores 
near by and a fringe of deep-blue mountains far away to the south. 
It is easy to make Grand lake on the same day of leaving Indian 



102 Grand Lake, Scenic Gem. 

carry, the way to it being a quiet, marsh-bound stream, about five 
miles long. 

Grand lake, four miles in length, is one of the handsomest scenic 
gems of the whole trip. Its northern shore is broken into a series of 
large coves, while cliffs of considerable height loom up from the lake at 
several points. Mt. Katahdin, as seen from this lake, makes a grandly 
impressive picture. A paddle of a mile and a half up Trout brook 
brings one to a farm where sportsmen are entertained. This 
brook drains a large territory, its source being near Sourdnahunk, 
and for hunting or fishing it marks a locality that cannot be excelled. 
There are sporting camps -on Grand lake. 




Hulling Machine Falls. 

I'here are no more lakes to be crossed on this trip after leaving 
Grand lake. Continuing down-stream, the canoeist comes to a mile of 
quick water, which may be run. Then follow four miles of pretty 
strong water to Stair falls, the first of a series of pitches. These falls 
may be run if there is a fair amount of water. If not, make use of the 
40-rod carry on the right. There is a spring near the foot of this carry. 
For two miles below the falls the river runs through meadows. Then 
comes Haskell rock pitch, where the carry, tl.ree quarters of a mile, 
had better be made. Pond pitch. Grand pitch. Hulling Machine falls, 
and Bowlin falls come along next in quick succession, extending 
altogether about four miles, and known inclusively as the Grand falls of 
the East branch. There are intervals of good water between them, but 



The Wissataquoik. 



103 




At the Wissataquoik' s Beginning. 



each pitch had better be carried except BowHn, which may be run. 
From Bowhn down to the confluence of the Wissataquoik and the East 
branch is a 15 -mile stretch, which is practically all dead water. A few 
islands are passed en route. 

When Grand lake is left in the morning, it is possible to camp that 
same night at a place called Monument line, three miles above the 
mouth of Sebois river. Plan to make a little trip up the Sebois next 
day, for good hunting is plenty there. That night the East branch 
ferry, just above the Wissatacjuoik, may be reached. Here a first-class 
camp is located, or, if one prefers to tent out, he will find plenty of 
excellent sites. It is a good idea to make a stop here of several days, 
making excursions up the Wissataquoik to Roebar's camp, 10 miles, or 
City camp, six miles farther in, on the north spur of Mt. Katahdin. If 
the time can possibly be spared, the vacationer should make the ascent 
of this noble great mountain while he is in such close proximity to it. 
A detailed description of the mountain is given in the fishing section of 
this book. 

The last run of the East branch trip, from the ferry to Grindstone, 
14 miles, is easily made in a day. Three stretches of broken water will 



I04 



The Fish River Trip. 



be encountered on the way — Whetstone falls, Burnt Land rips, and 
Grindstone falls. With a good pitch of water these can all be run, but 
with low water carrying is advisable, especially around Whetstone. At 
Grindstone the afternoon express down the line may be taken, there 
being a through sleeper attached, and canoes can be easily shipped 
back to Greenville. 




The IVissataguoik and Russell ISIonniaiH. 



An Ideal Sviinmer Voyage. 

ONE of the prettiest and most comfortable canoe trips in all the 
B. & A. territory has its start and finish at Van Buren. It 
includes a iio-mile voyage on Fish and St. John river waters, and 
offers an ideal outing for the man, woman, or family seeking a summer 
trip where ease and comfort can be combined with a reasonable 
amount of healthful outdoor exercise. Throughout the entire run the 



Van Buren. 



los 



canoes go with the current ; the labors of the trip are accordingly 
reduced to a minimum, and the pleasures of canoeing are had in their 
fullest charm and delight. One travels on the water and through the 
woods the entire distance, yet always within a few miles of human habi- 
tation. The scenery is all that the most ardent woods-lover could 
want, and excellent fishing and hunting make this region a favorite one 
for sportsmen. And, what is also important, there are actually and 




Hainniond' s Mill, Van Burcii. 

literally " no flies on this trip," the persistent and pestilent black fly and 
mosquito being conspicuous by their absence. The entire trip can 
be made easily in four or five days, although lo or 12 days could be 
profitably given over to it. 

Arriving at Van Buren over B. & A. rails in the afternoon, the vaca- 
tioner has ample time to take in the principal points of interest in this 
energetic and progressive village — its college, convent, school, large 
lumber mills, and the entrancing view of river and valley to be had 
from the hilltop at the lower end of the village. The Van Buren 
Hotel affords a comfortable night's rest, and next morning teams are 
taken for a delightful lo-mile drive to Long lake, where dinner had 
better be eaten before embarking on the first run of the canoe voyage. 

With the aid of one's guide (there are plenty of thoroughly com- 
petent ones in Van Buren and vicinity), all arrangements for the actual 



io6 



Fine Fishing at Long Lake. 




A Canoe IP'ould Scarcely Ruffle It. 

canoe trip can soon be completed and the start made. Paddling 
leisurely down Long lake, the turn into Mud (also called Second) lake 
is made in good season. If there is plenty of time at the disposal of 
the voyager, he had better try his fishing luck at Long lake. Here 
some of Maine's finest catches of trout and landlocked salmon are 
made, and the supply of fish seems unlimited. 

From Mud lake there is a thoroughfare into Cross lake, where invit- 
ing camps and a small hotel offer a hearty welcome and wholesome, 
comfortable quarters for the first night out. Starting early the next 
morning, the canoeist puts out into Cross lake and wends his way 
leisurely into Square lake, along whose picturesque shores there are 
many inviting places where the noonday meal can be eaten. Here, 
too, if one is lucky, he may catch sight of the bald eagle which has its 
aerie in this vicinity. 

Should one be so inclined, he can pass on through Square lake into 
and across Eagle lake before the sun sets, and camp upon its western 
shore, or find comfortable quarters among the hospitable farmers who 
dwell here close by the lake. According to present plans, the rails of 
the Fish river extension of the Bangor & Aroostook line will skirt the 
margin of Eagle lake before the close of 1902 ; and should the voyager 
wish to return to his city home from here, he can easily do so, reach- 
ing Bangor in the evening of the day of his debarkation. 



The St. John River. 



107 




By Eagle Lake. 



Few, however, will want to end their trip here. Instead, they will 
push on down Fish river for ten or a dozen miles to Fort Kent and 
the St. John. Here will be found good hotel accommodations for 
those who care to rest a day or two, or visit the many picturesque spots 
in and near the village. 

Then, slipping his craft into the "big river," the canoeist starts on 
his way down the St. John. The little town of Frenchville is soon 
reached, where there is a good hotel, and where, too, from a hill close 
by, a most entrancing view is had of river, islands, and great forest 
stretches rimmed with distant hazy hills of blue. Seven miles farther 
down-stream is Edmundston, N. B., overlooking the picturesque Mad- 
awaska and St. John valleys. The tourist will find ample and comfort- 
able quarters here. Edmundston is a good point from which to visit 
Lake Temiscouata, and a good many people make the trip each year. 
Then on again with the St. John current, a 25-mile run past the fertile 
highlands and intervales of Madawaska and Grand Isle, and the traveler 
is back in Van Buren, the starting-point of the whole no mile trip. 

If time will permit, the vacationer had better take the 12-mile ride 
down-stream to Grand falls for a view of that world-famous cataract. 
Or, if he cares to fish a while in Canadian waters, he will find the 
famous fishing grounds of the Restigouche splendidly stocked, and 
most easily reached from Van Buren. 




Crow's Ncsi Point, Fish River. 




J-'ish River Falls. 



To Allagash Lake. 



109 



Some OtHer Favorite Trips, 

^^MONG the shorter canoe excursions in the B. & A. region, 
.Z^ the trip to Allagash lake, northwest of Chamberlain, about 
55 miles from Northeast carry, affords the voyager a pleasant 10 days' 
outing in a wild country. 




Caiicoiiigomoc Lake. 



The way lies to the head of Chamberlain lake, and 10 miles up 
Allagash stream. Falls are encountered about half way up this stream, 
just below a small pond. The canoeing is fair all along. 

Allagash, the lake, is remarkable for its superb setting of scenery. 
The lake is circled by mountains and dotted with islands. Ideal 
camping sites abound along its shores, and any lover of the woods can- 
not fail to find fullest enjoyment here. In the mountains north of the 
lake and very near the water are some peculiar caves which have sel- 
dom been visited by human beings. They tunnel into the mountain 
several hundred feet, are gloomy and damp, and shelter many bats in 
their dark recesses. The entrance, which was accidentally discovered 



1 1 o On Caucomgomoc Waters. 

by a lumber explorer only a few years ago, is scarcely larger than the 
opening of a bear's den, and might easily be unobserved were it not 
for a spotted trail leading to it from the lake. How deep these cham- 
bers are has never been determined. 

Coming back from Allagash lake, the return southward may be made 
over the route followed in ; or, by portaging three miles to a forest 
pond and stream, the home trip can be made by way of Round pond 
and Caucomgomoc lake. The hunter finds big game in abundance 
at Caucomgomoc, with plenty of good camping sites along shore. 
Continuing down Caucomgomoc stream for 12 miles, one comes to 
Chesuncook. In this latter run he encounters the rough " Horserace," 
which must usually be carried around, and two small falls which may 
be run with good water. 

Canoeists who want a week's trip from Moosehead frequently go up 
Caucomgomoc stream to the lake, a 34-mile run in all. A three-mile 
tote from Caucomgomoc in to Loon lake, on the south, brings one to 
first-class hunting ground. 

Another short canoe trip from Northeast carry is to Pine stream. 
For this, the West branch is followed to the outlet of Pine stream, three 




A Likely Place for Water Lilies. 



Down the St. John. ' ' ' 

miles above Chesuncook, where a sharp turn is made in a southerly 
direction up-stream. The canoeist can paddle in as far as the two 
Pine ponds. There are many small ponds in the basin drained by this 
stream, and it is a great moose country. 

It IS a long, hard trip down the St. John from its source, reached by 
going up the West branch of the Penobscot from Seboomook or North- 
east carry, Moosehead, and up the North branch of the same river, and 
yet quite a number of canoeists make it. Above the dam on the West 
branch, above Seboomook, is a nine-mile stretch of dead water to Gulli- 
ver's falls, which may be poled. A farm and sporting camps are located 
here. The next four miles, to Big island, are smooth water ; then 
come II miles of quick water to Pittston farm, where the North 
branch comes in. The South branch also comes in here, and may be 
canoed nearly to the State boundary when the water is good. 

Up along the whole 20 miles of the North branch to Abacotnetic 
bog, its source, the water rolls over gravel-beds and is quick. In low 
water, nearly all this distance must be waded. A portage of three miles 
from the bog into Baker brook brings the excursionist to one of the 
highest sources of the St. John. The water here runs north. When 
the water is fair. Baker brook can be run to Baker lake, and from here 
the route is down the St. John South branch to the main river. Carries 
are few on the St. John itself, although the water frequently runs quick 
and shallow. From Baker brook to the mingling of St. John and Alla- 
gash waters is about 150 miles, and a more crooked river would be hard 
to find. It takes at least a month to make this St. John trip from 
Seboomook to Van Buren, but it will prove a most delightful month 
for those who enjoy " roughing it " in reality. Over half of the trip is 
through the very wildest of Maine's great jungles, where big game is 
marvellously abundant. 

If the canoeist chooses, he can keep on down the St. John beyond 
Van Buren, carry around Grand falls, and make the run to the city 
of St. John. It is easier, however, to take out at Van Buren, and 
return by rail through Aroostook's rich farm lands. 

It frequendy happens that canoeists in Aroostook bring their bicycles 
along, and combine the two sports in a most delightful way. The turn- 
pike " military road," 140 miles long, from Bangor to Houlton, affords 
good wheeling into this northern garden-land. Favorite bicycle runs 
are from Houlton to Presque Isle and Caribou, 60 miles ; Presque Isle 
to Ashland, 23 miles ; Ashland to Fort Kent, 40 miles ; Fort Kent to 
Van Buren, 40 miles; Van Buren to Caribou, 22 miles. The joys of 
canoeing can be indulged in along most any of these routes. 




Mort: Be J than Brook. 



'3 



Camping arid Canoeing. 

THE prettiest time of year to camp out in Maine is late in 
August or early in September, when Nature decks the whole 
great wilderness in its richest, handsomest, most brilliant 
robes. Then comes the golden setting of summer's reign ; then 
come the warm, mellow days and the clear, crisp nights ; and then, 
too, come the many parties of men and women out of the dusty, rum- 
bling cities, and into the still, enchanting depths of the cool woods, 
where land and water, sky, and even the very atmosphere, convert the 
j ungles into a veritable forest Eden. 

Moosehead lake affords exceptional attractions for the camper-out. 
Ideal camp sites may be found at many points around the lake ; and if 
one prefers to be near a settlement, he can secure excellent tenting- 
spots near any of the hotels at the lakeside. When camping near a 
hotel, and not building fires, campers are not required to hire guides. 
However, on all trips into the interior, the law says a guide must be 
one of the party. 




Svinnih U'ci/rr in a Rough Country. 



114 



Choice of Routes* 




There's Rest and Quiet Here. 



If one cares to combine a canoeing and camping trip, he had better 
make his choice of routes according to the time he can spare, and the 
distance he would Hke to go. The trip down the West branch, 




The Last Carry. 



The Time Required. 



115 




Our Mutual Friend, the Cook. 



described in this chapter, requires from eight days to a fortnight. The 
AUagash trip is longer, and should be given three weeks or a month. 
The East branch trip can be done in three weeks, or a fortnight if 
necessary, but a full month had better be given, if possible, in order to 
thoroughly enjoy the many features of the route. 



^ 




Wadiiii; Boots A>'c Handy ^Qinctimcs. 



"7 



£.c|\iipinent. 



FOR a first-rate example of that trite old adage, " So many men, 
so many minds," we would suggest that you ask most any 
group of veteran hunters and guides what is the best personal 
equipment for life in the Maine woods. Each one of them will prob- 
ably give you a different list, based on what he has found to best satisfy 
his own personal requirements. We believe, however, that the sugges- 
tions printed below will be found most generally useful and practical ; 
they are based on the advice of hunters and woodsmen who have seen 
many years' service in B. & A. jungle-land, and who know full well just 
what the needs of such a life are. 



For tKe FisHerman. 

WHAT a fislierman wears in the Maine jungles is not a matter of 
great importance. The climate of late spring and early 
summer is never rigorous, and any medium-weight clothing will 
answer. A blue flannel shirt, an old coat and pair of trousers or 
knickerbockers, a felt hat with good broad brim, moccasins, and a 
change of underwear and stockings make up a serviceable, comfortable 
rig. Some men prefer an athlete's jersey to a flannel sliirt. If a rubber 
blanket is carried, a poncho with a slit in the centre will be found most 
suitable, since it can be converted into a storm cape in wet weather. 
Moccasins are the most comfortable shoes that can be worn in the 
woods. Any supply store in the B. & A. region can furnish them. If 
there is much brook fishing or wading to be done, a pair of long-topped 
rubber boots will be found valuable accessories. 

You will want your camera, of course, and your fishing kit. If you care 
to bring a gun, a .22 target-rifle for shooting birds and small animals 
will be found most satisfactory. Keep your personal baggage list down 
to a minimum, let your guide look after the camping sui)plies, and you 
will avoid a good deal of needless confusion and labor, not only at the 
start, but for all the trip. All guides supply canoes and cooking utensils 
without extra charge. Bedding antl tents can be hired or bought. 



iiS 



The WeU-clad Hunter. 



For tHe Hunter. 

IN the fall, it is always better to go into the woods too warmly clad 
rather than too lightly clad, for the former condition is quickest 
remedied. Hunting "costumes" are generally to be tabooed, as they 
usually include some fabric unsuited to still hunting. The most satis- 
factory apparel consists of soft rough woolen coat and trousers, a 
sweater or knitted jacket, woolen leggins, moccasins or lumbermen's 




J'rrsi/iiL- /.v/<- Statwu. 



short rubber overshoes, a flannel shirt, woolen socks and underwear, 
and a woolen cap. All of these articles may be obtained at the supply 
stations in B. & A. territory. Extra underwear, shirt, socks, and 
handkerchiefs are (luite essential. Duck clothing is too noisy for 
hunters to wear ; ctjrduroy is heavy, is easily wet through, and is 
noisier than woolen cloth. Don't take along rubber boots of any 
description ; they are worse than useless to the man who woukl do still 
hunting. Moccasins will not keep out all the dampness, but, being made 
of oil-tanned leather, they turn the water readily. They are softer than 
the rubber " over," and arc, therefore, more nearly noiseless. 



I20 As to the Best Rifle. 

Whatever is not actually needed had Ijetter be left at home. A 
large pack means a good deal of weight and bulk, and economy must 
be practiced in both. 

There is a considerable diversity of opinion among Alaine sportsmen 
as to the best gun to take along. Some believe no weapon is equal to 
the .30-.30 ; others think .45-. 70 is none too large. A strong argu- 
ment in favor of the .30-.30 rifle is its lightness, which becomes an 




Fatten, front the Railroad Station. 



important feature when a gun is carried through the woods all day. 
Few hunters coming for big game carry a shotgun. While there is excel- 
lent duck-shooting on nearly all the lakes of this region, the birds are 
rarely gunned by parties from outside of the State. The reason for this 
probably lies in the fact that the presence of big game affords more 
exciting sport. Revolvers are frc(iuently carried, yet seldom needed. 
A pocket axe would be a much more useful article, and weighs no more 
than a good-sized revolver. 

Be sure and take along a good hunting-knife. The kind best adapted 
for use in the Maine woods is to be found in any supply store here, and 
can be more cheaply bought at the local shops than in the large cities. 

A large lot of ammunition is not needed. The hunter will not use 20 
shells in all of a two weeks' stay, unless he wants to shoot at a mark. 



To Complete One's Outfit. 




Luuksops Mountain, from the East Branch. 



If more ammunition is needed after one reaches the woods, it can be 
had of the hotel or camp proprietor, or in any special size wanted by 
ordering from Bangor by mail. 

Moose-hunters have found from experience that field-glasses are 
good things to take along. They are especially valuable in sighting 
moose across a lake, a piece of burnt land, or any other place where the 
color of the animal is not readily detected by unaided vision. A small 
package of lint and bandages had also better be included in the outfit, 
as well as a compass, map of the territory to be visited, and matches in 
a water-tight safe. 

If the hunter plans to camp out, his guide will furnish canoe and 
cooking outfit. Tents and bedding may be hired or bought at any of 
the towns adjacent to the hunting regions, and the supply stores carry 
all the staple provisions and many of the delicacies tliat campers want. 




.4 u Idciil Woods Road. 



123 




'Women in tHe Woods. 

By Mary Alden Hopkins. 

WHEN, a hundred years ago, our great-grandmothers fol- 
lowed their husbands into the Maine woods to find new 
homes, they learned of necessity how to handle the clumsy 
musket and bring down the prowling wild-cats and bears. To-day 
their descendants, armed with light magazine rifles and clad in natty 
hunting suits, go blithely into the woods in search of deer and moose. 
In many a camp one will find a party of women, or a group of school- 
girls with their teacher, who tramp and climb and fish under the guar- 
dianship of trustwortliy Indian guides. 

A woman who has once experienced the freedom of such a vacation 
never willingly returns to the artificiality of a seaside hotel veranda. 
The number who distribute venison of their own shooting among 
friends at home is increasing each year, and not a few have a lordly 
moose to their credit. But if a woman does not care for hunting, she 
explores the wonderful lakes and streams in a canoe, or takes long 
tramps, from which she returns with an appetite which would appall 



124 



What She Should Wear. 



any but an experienced camp cook. There are fish for the fisher- 
woman to catch, ferns and orchids for the botanist to classify, and 
invigorating air and glorious scenery for all to enjoy. In the evening 
there is the tinkle of the guitar under the trees, or, if the night be 
chilly, a blazing camp-fire, round which are told weird tales of the 
forest ; then bed, and the sleep that knows not insomnia. 

To the woman who is about to take her first trip, an important ques- 
tion is, What shall I wear? It is evident that the 'i^oix. frou-frou of 
silken skirts is entirely out of place, and the woman who does not rec- 
ognize this is likely to be a bit ridiculous. On the other hand, nothing 




Wouldn't You Likr to " Tramfy" Here? 



is more fetching than the glaring litde caps antl the absurdly small hob- 
nailed shoes that are so suitable. 

In selecting one's clothing, one should consider especially warmth 
and freedom of movement. Union underwear is the most comfort- 
able, and knickerbocker bloomers take the place of petticoats. The 
suit itself should be made of heavy woolen cloth that will stand wear 
and tear. One of Maine's best-known sportswomen wears an entire 
suit of leather, but few women care to go to this extreme. The skirt 
should clear the ground by at least 12 inches, and a deep leather 
facing on the under side will keep it from catching on underbrush. The 
coat may be a Norfolk jacket, or one of the golf red coats that are as 



Woods Life Brings Strength. 



125 




Out for a Morning Ride 



attractive in the woods as on the hnks. The shirtwaist may be made 
of any bright, pretty flannel. In caps and felt hats one has a wide 
choice; a brilliant scarf for trimming precludes the possibility of one's 
being mistaken for a deer by an over-enthusiastic huntsman. Shoes 
must be stout and waterproof; if the tongue is made in one piece with 
the rest of the shoe, the wearer will be able to splash through pools and 
streams as comfortably as if she wore rubber boots. In the late fall 
and winter, one needs the additional warmth of equestrian tights and a 
sweater. 

No woman need hesitate to take a woods trip for fear she lacks 
strength, for the strength will come to her there. The invalid, who from 
her hammock waves a lazy goodby to the hunting party, soon finds 
herself attempting short walks and little canoe trips. If she is wise 
enough not to rush ahead of her growing strength, she will soon be 
tramping with the hunters and paddling her canoe with long, swinging 
strokes. The Maine forest is a place where sick women grow well and 
well women accumulate muscle and happiness ; it is sanitarium, play- 
ground, hunting and fishing ground all in one. The good effects of an 
outing here inevitably prove long and lasting, while the joys of the 
vacation are retained in sweetest memory for the rest of one's life. 



126 



FYniD^inW DATF^ to points on and via the 

L>\V.UKOIWl^ K/-% I Li3^ BANGOR & AROOSTOOK R. R. 



To From 


Boston 


Portland 


Bangor 


Oldtown 


*Monson Junction and return 


13.80 


9.40 


3.55 


3.30 


* ,, ,, Continue MS passage ,, ,, 


12.80 








*Monson ,, ,, 


14.50 


io.oo 


" '4.'25 


' '4.00 


* " 1) i> >> >i 


13.55 








*Blanchard ,, ,, 


14.30 

13.35 
14.ro 


" '9.96 


' 3.96 


' 3 65 


* Shirley ' " \', " 


16.56 


' '4.'25 


"4.06 


* •> >> »» 11 > 


13.95 








'Greenville ,, ,, 


14..50 


16.56 


' '4.56 


4.25 


* >' )» )> M 


13.20 








Lily Bay ^, ,, ,, ]', 


15.20 


12.66 


' 'e.'oo 


' '5.'75 


Roach River ]] '^ ,, ,, 


17.20 


14.00 


8.00 


7.75 


Mount Kineo House ' ,, ,, 


16.50 
14.70 


12.00 


6 00 


5.75 


*Moosehead ,, ,, 


15.25 


ii.25 


' '5.'25 


' 6.00 


* " >> 1) 1, 11 


14.96 








*Jackman ,, ,, 


17.20 
16.-10 


13.20 


"i'io 


' 6.95 


*Ho'l'eb " " '' !! 


IS.OO 


14.66 


' 's.m 


' '7.75 


4t 


17.20 








*Brownville ,, ,, 


13.20 


"s.'so 


' 2.60 


2.35 


* 11 Junction „ ,, 


13.50 


9.30 


2.90 


2.65 


*Onawa via Brownville Junction ,, ,, 


14.75 


10.55 


4.15 


3.90 


*Katahdin Iron Works ,, „ 


14.00 


10.00 


3.50 


3.25 


*Schoodic ,, ,, 


14.00 


9.70 


3.25 


3.00 


*WestSeboois „ „ 


14.00 


10.40 


3.60 


3 25 


*Norcross ,, ,, 


14.50 


11.00 


3.85 


3 60 


♦Millinocket ,, ,, 


1500 


11.10 


4.25 


4.00 


*Grindstone ,, „ 


15.00 


11.90 


4 75 


450 


*Stacyville „ ,, 


15.25 


12 25 


5.50 


5.25 


•Sherman ,, ,, 


15 25 


12.25 


5.75 


5.50 


*Patten „ 


15.95 


12.95 


6.45 


6.20 


*Crystal ,, ,, 


15.50 


12.50 


6 00 


5.75 


♦Island Falls 


15.50 


12.50 


6.25 


6.00 


*Ashland Junction ,, ,, 


15.85 


12.85 


6.75 


6.50 


*Smyrna Mills ,, ,, 


16.00 


13 00 


6 95 


6.70 


♦Wc^ksboro ,, „ 


16.75 


13 75 


7.65 


7.40 


*St. Croix „ 


17.35 


14.35 


8.25 


8 00 


■•Masardis ,, ,, 


18.35 


15.35 


9.25 


9.00 


*Ashland ,, ,, 


18.60 


15.60 


9.75 


9.50 


*Oakfield „ 


15.85 


12 85 


6.75 


650 


*Ludlow ,, ,, 


15.85 


12 85 






*New Limerick ,, „ 


15.85 


12.85 






*Houlton ,, ,, 


15.85 


12.85 


"9.80 


' '9.56 


*Monticello „ „ 


17.50 


14 50 






*Bridgewater ,, ,, 


17.50 


14.50 






♦Robinsons ,, , 


18 00 


15 00 






*Mars Hill & Blaine 


18.00 


15.00 


'ii.96 


"ii!65 


*Fort Fairfield „ 


18.25 


15.60 


12.50 


12 25 


*Presque Isle „ „ 


18.60 


15.60 


12.50 


12.25 


♦Caribou ,, ,, 


18.00 


15.60 


12 50 


12.25 


♦Limestone „ „ 


19.00 


16.60 


13.50 


13.25 


♦New Sweden ,, ,, 


19.20 


16.20 


13.10 


12.85 


♦|emtland ,, ,, 


19.45 


16.45 


13.35 


13.10 


♦Collins ,, ,, 


19 90 


16.90 


13 80 


13.55 


♦Van Buren ,, „ 


20.60 


17.60 


14 50 


14.25 



Tickets will be on sale June i to September 30, good for return passage until 
November i, except tickets to points marked * wliich are good going May i to Novem- 
ber 20, and good returning until November 30. 

Tickets reading via steamer or stage lines will be good only during season of service. 

Rates from Bangor and Oldtown are for tickets good 30 days from date, except thai 
when sold May i to October 31, they will be limited to Noverriber 30 



SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 



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Sr E VEN5 




Fi 

Arms 



iStarkd 
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WH £ N yoii go into the woods be sure and have in your outfit 
a reUable small-calibre rifle or pistol. There are many times 
when they come in handy. Your line may become entangled 
just as you are to pull out a beauty ; then again in a rainy 
day many pleasant hours can be spent at target practice. We manufacture 
one of the largest lines of ARMS in the world, and can furnish one for any 
style of shooting. Our "FAVORITE" and "IDEAL" rifles are two of 
the best-known rifles made. Our "STEVENS-M AYN ARD, JR.," and 
"CRACK SHOT" sell for less money but are high grade. Our SINGLE- 
BARREL SHOTGUN leads all others, and is the most popular gun manu- 
factured. Our PISTOLS are famous, and are used by the most expert shots. 

WE MANUFACTURE 

^/>e "STEVENS-DURYEA" AUTOMOBILE. 



All the leading dealers in Sporting Goods handle our Fire Arms. 

We issue the finest catalogue in the trade; 
it's full of interest. It's yours upon request. 



J. 5TEVENS ARMS (Si TOOL COMPANY. 
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most available, economical, and sat sfactory form of travelers credit 
for foreign and domestic tours, are paid without discount or commission, 
by the Company's offices, banks, and bankers in the principal countries 
of Europe, and are received in settlement of accounts by the principal 
hotels, by steamship, railroad, and sleeping-car companies, and by mer- 
chants, shopkeepers, and others. 



Travelers Letters of Credit also issued, drawn in Sterling and availal)le 

in all parts of the world. 
Sight Checks drawn on, and Cable and Telegraphic Transfers of Money 

made to, all parts of the world. 
Foreign Money bought and sold at principal offices. 
Mail matter of travelers abroad may be addressed, for delivery or 

re-forwarding, to care American Express Company as below. 
Storage for Baggage, bicycles, tourists' purchases, etc., at all ottices in 

Europe. 

Reading and Writing Rooms at London and I'aris offices for use of I'atrons. 



Further information can be obtained at any Agency of the American 
Express Co., or upon_ application in writing to the offices of the 
Company at 

CHICAGO: 78 Monroe Street 

LO N DO N : 3 Waterloo Place and 8 Love Lane 

SOUTHAMPTON: 3 Canute Road 

HAVRE: 47 Quai d'Orleans 

HAMBURG: 11 Schmiede Strasse 

1 5 Via San Lorenzo 



NEW YORK: 65 Broadway 
BOSTON : 43 Franklin Street 
LIVERPOOL: 10 James Street 
PARIS : 1 1 Rue Scribe 
BREMEN :' 6 Bahnhof Strasse 

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during the season of navicjation on Moosehead Lake, stoppincr, on request E 

(the wind and weather permitting), at CROW'S NEST, BURNT = 

JACKET, and NIGHT HAWK CLUB, on all regular trips. E 

One of these boats will be open for charter during the season, at reasonable rates. 3 

Time-tables furnished on application. m 

For further information, address, Z 

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cities without breaking bulk. 



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Steamers Sail from — 

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and from Pier 11, = 

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The steamships of this line are built of iron, with water-tight compartments, and for great 
speed, insuring perfect safety and quick despatch. Lowest Rates. INo Delays. No Re- 
Handling of Merchandise. The locations of our docks in New York and Boston are 
most convenient, and our facilities for handling and delivering freight are unequaled. 
Through Rates Quoted and Direct Connection made at New York with Delaware, 
Lackawanna & Western Railroad: New York, Lake Erie& Western Railroad; Lehigh Valley 
Railway; and Central Railroad of New Jersey for points South and West; and connecting 
at Boston with all steamship lines and railroads for all points in Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont; and via the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Intercolonial, and Bangor & 
Aroostook railroads for St. John, N. B., Halifax, N. 5., and all intermediate points. 

BONDED TO CARRY both appraised and unappraised merchandise. 

All through freight forwarded promptly and with great care, and through bills of lading 
issued or procured to all shipping points. Mark your merchandise and freights via " Met- 
ropolitan Line." IT IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. 

For through rates and full information, apply to 

H. M. WHITNEY, Agent, India Wharf, Boston, Mass., 

or H. F. DIMOCK, Agent, Pier 11, North River, New York. 
R. T. HASKINS, General Traffic Manager, Pier 11, North River, New York. 



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TRANSPORTATION. 



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We have a Guide to the 
Rangeley Lakes Resorts, 
showing half-tone cuts of 
hotels and camps, railroad 
and steamer fares, hotel 
rates, etc., also a detailed 
Map of the Rangeley 
Region, — sent free to any 
address 



Portland & 
Rumford 
Falls 
Railway 

runs direct to the 

Rangeley 

Lakes 

Region 

R. C. Bradford 

Traffic Manager 

Portland, Me. 



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Unsurpassed for Fish and 
Game. The finest trout 
and salmon waters in 
Maine, and big game in 
plenty. Best reached via 
the Rumford Falls 
Line, the quickest, cheap- 
est, and pleasantest route 

Pullman Parlor Cars dur- 
ing the Tourist Season 



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P A f ' Steamers leave Boston daily, except .Sunday, at .'i.OO 

ICtVireSqUe l\la.ine p.m., returning from Bangor Mondays at ri.UO Noon, 
T other days, except Sundays, at 2.00 p.m. 

LAb I LKN b I LAMbnlr LU. d^gg connection at Bangor with the Maine 

iBANGOR DIVISION) Central and Bangor & Aroostook Railroac^ 

The New and Magnificent for all points, Moosehead Lake, Katahdin Iron Works, 

Steamers ^-'id the hunting and fishing regions of Eastern Maine. 

The steamers are lu.xuriously fitted and ecpiipped with 

modem appliances for comfort and convenience. The 

dining rooms are on the Saloon Deck, and the cuisine is 

far famed for excellence 

Time-table 7vill be sent on application 

CALVl N AUSTI N, Vice-Pres't and Gen'l Manager 
Pier 368 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass. 



" City of Rockland" 
and " City of Bangor" 
Great Pleasure Route 

to all Summer Resorts on 
Penobscot River and Bay 



Quebec Central Railway 



Pullman Palace Buffet 
Cars are run between Quebec 
and Portland, via Dudswell Jet. and Maine ToUfistS and SpOftSmen 

Central R.R., passing through the heart of 
the White Mountains, and solid trains with 
Pullman Cars between Quebec and Boston 
and New ^'ork. 



visiting Quebec should 
not fail to travel via the 



FRANK GRUNDY 

Gen. Mf,'r. Only 1 i 11 e running 

J. H. WALSH through Pullman Carsbe- 

(.en. I'ass. Ak'ent tween Quebec and New 

Sherbrooke, P.Q. 



York A\-ithout change 



Quebec Central Railway 

the most direct and picturesque 
route between all points in 
New England and (^)uebec 



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TRANSPORTATION. 



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These two moose killed November 21, 1901, 
near Princeton, Maine, on Washington 
County Railroad. Antlers of largest 
measured sixty-two inches across. 

Best Landlocked Salmon Fishing in America is at Grand Lake, 
near Princeton. 

For further information address, 

Washington County Railroad 



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CAMPS— TRANSPORTATION. 




Where Big Game and 
Great Trout are plenty, 
and easy to reach 



'TWEEN WOODS AND WATER. 

An Ideal 
Woods Home 



Where vacationers 

get rest and health, 

summer or winter 



Camps are homelike and comfortable. Private apartments for ladies and families. 
Table water is from remarkable medicinal spring. Two branch camps deep in the 
woods. "Visit us once; you'll surely want to come again." 



Pleasant River Camps 



I. BROWN & SON, Katahdin Iron Works P. O,. Me. 
Send for booklet ; also special family rates 



Maine Steamship Company 

Only Direct Line between New York and Portland, Me. 

A Tri-weekly Service of Fast Modern Passenger Steamships between New York and Portland. A delightful 
short sea trip. Steamships " North Star " (4,000 tons) and " Huratio Hall " (3,800 tons) 



Leave Pier New 32 E.R., 
New York, at 5 p.m. 

TUESDAYS 

THURSDAYS 

SATURDAYS 




Leave Portland (Frank- 
lin Wharf) at 6 p.m. 

TUESDAYS 

THURSDAYS 

SATURDAYS 



These steamers are fitted with every modern appliance conducive to comfort and luxury, and afford the most 
agreeable means of travel between New York and Maine. Time of passage about twenty hnurs. 

Fare $5.00 One Way, $9.00 Excursion 

Tickets, staterooms, etc., on sale at 290 Bro.adway, New York; ( Jeneral Office, Pier New 32 East River, Foot 
of Pike Street, New York, and Franklin Wharf, Portknd, Maine: also Thos. Cook & Son and Raymond & 
Whitcomb agencies. Descriptive booklet free on application. 



B. R. ROOME, General Passenger Agent 

New York 



J. F. LISCOMB, General Agent 

Portland, Me. 



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HOTELS. 



WbBii you gel to i\m 

^ You are ready for the best outing ^ 
^"^ you ever had in your life ! .... ^'^ 



Game 



is everywhere abun- 
dant in the Kineo 
region ; thousands of 
great fighting .... 



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are taken yearly ; and 
every vacationer here 
is quick to get more 
strength and 



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This is the largest inland-water hotel in the country ; is fitted with 

steam heat, electric and gas light, baths, telegraph, telephone, 

post-oftlce, and all city conveniences. Every room looks out 

on fine woods and water scenery. NO Hay Fever 

Here. Steamers, guides, canoes, etc., at hand. 

ML KINEO HOISE, 

C. A, JUDKINS, Manager, 

Moosehead Lake, Kineo, Me. 



n l)Our$ from 

Boston ; 

19 from new 

Vork. 



new Hineo 

Booklet is out. 

Send for 

one. 



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HOTELS. 



137 



THE PENOBSCOT HOTEL, 



NORTHEAST CARRY, 

MOOSEHEAD LAKE, ME. 
This Hotel was destroyed by 
fire January 29, 1902, but will 
be rebuilt and enlarged. Will 
have all modern improvements. 
Will accommodate 100 guests. 
Suite of rooms arranged for 
Sportsmen and their families. 
Ready for guests about August i. 

It will be well furnished, and provided with every comfort and convenience for travelers, sportsmen, and 
all persons seeking rest and recreation. 

This hotel stands at the gateway of the vast hunting and fishing region drained by the Penobscot, St. John, 
and AUagash Rivers. 

Boats running from Greenville in connection with the B. & A. R. R. trains land passengers at Northeast 
Carry direct. (The Penob-cot Hotel is a short two miles across the Carry from the landing.) Communica- 
tion with all points by telephone and telegraph. Post-office in house. Full line of sportsmen's supplies of all 
kinds and best grades. Reliable guides furnished. Rates reasonable. Table and accommodations first class. 

THE PENOBSCOT HOTEL & TRADING COMPANY, 

FRANK L. QIPSON, Manager. (P. O.) NORTHEAST CARRY, ME. 




SEBOOMOOK HOUSE, 

SEBOOMOOK (Northwest Carry n 

MOOSEHEAD LAKE, ME. 

Beautifully situated at head of lake, commanding 
unsurpassed view. One of best fishing and hunt- 
ing resorts in Maine. Splendid trout fishing. 
Deer come in sight of house. Guides and canoes 
furnished. Canoes and outfits transported across 
the carry. 

Intcrestin!! features in the neigliborliood are great k 
Kennebec wateis every :;4 hours ; amrSebuoiiiuok Falls (fan 

House recently enlarged and renovated. Every room pleasant. A high-class family resort. Daily 
mail in summer. Rates, from $2 to $3 per day. Special rates to families. Letters promptly answered. 

M. P. COLBATH, (P. O.) Seboomook, Me. 




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THE DEER ISLAND HOISE 

AND 

ERANk GARDNER'S CAMPS, 

SJiuated on Deer Island, in Moosehead Lake, 

Ten miles from ( '.reein ille, terminus of the Moose- 
head Lake I livision 1'). & .A. R. R. Uirt'ft stciiiner 
coniiectioiis daily. 

There are many deer on the Island, and as fine ones 
are kilU d here as in any part ot the State. 

As a fishing resort, it is well known. No better fish- 
ing in any part of the Lake than here. The steamer 
" Tethys '' is a new boat for the accommodation of 
guests of the house. For full terms, etc., address 

FRANK L. GARDNER, 

(P.O.) CAPEN'S, MOOSEHEAD LAKE, ME. 

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138 



HOTELS, SUPPLIES. 



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situated in a picturesque spot near the junction of the Canadian Pacific and Bangor & Aroostook 
Railroads, at the gateway of the famed Moosehead fishing and hunting region, and commanding a 
fine view of the lake. Every modern convenience. Thousands of sportsmen and tourists make 
this their stopping place en route to and from all parts of the great Moosehead Lake fish and game 
section. Guides will be engaged for sportsmen so desiring. 

Superb Liake Fishing: in Moosehead. — Canoes start from house wharf. 

An easy and beautiful drive to the celebrated Wilson and Rum Mountain Ponds. Stocked yearly 
from governmental hatcheries. 

Maine's Greatest Family Resort. — Steamers leave every morning, noon, and evening 
for Mt. Kineo, Northeast and Northwest Carries. In connection with the house is the fine new 
steamer " Vim," built for use of guests of the house, and special parties. 

For rooms, terms, or other information, address 

COLEMAN &/ HALL, Proprietors, Moosehead Inn, Greenville Junction, Me. 



moosebead Cake Supplies. 


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;efies and Delicacies of all 
s, Ammtjnition, Fishing 
sle^ Tents, Paddles, and 
plete camping or canoe- 
equipments 




Mail orders promptly fil 
Camping list forwarded 
sportsmen, and goods deliv< 
at wharf on arrival or 
warded to any point . 


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Greenville Jtixiction, Maine. 

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MANAGERS OF STEAM 

. Rebecca connects with trains 
for points up the take. 


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HOTELS. 



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AT THE GATEWAY OP MAINE'S 
GREAT GAME COUNTRY 



Is situated the most famous health and pleasure resort in America 



Poland Spring 



where many of the leading sportsmen coming into the State find it both convenient and happy to 
leave tlieir families while they seek the hardier life of the woods. 

The Poland Spring Houses are renowned for their superb table — excellent service — immaculate 
cleanliness, and complete modern equipment. 

THE GOLF LINKS at Poland Spring is the most elaborately equipped in America. The 
1902 links shows extensive improvements over all previous years. 

The POLAND SPRING HOUSE is open from June ist to October 15th. 
The MANSION HOUSE Is open the entire year. 

The Station by which Poland Spring is reached is Danville Junction, on the Maine Central and 
Grand Trunk Rys., where all trains are met by the Poland Spring Livery. 

Any further information or literature will be gladly furnished upon application to 

HIRAM RICKER & SONS^ South Poland^ Maine 

(incorporated) 



NEW YORti 
3 Park Place 



BOSTON 
175 Devonshire St. 



PHILADELPHIA 
1711 Chestnut St. 



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140 



CAMPS. 




Camps on the map are indicated by crosses, are twelve in number, located as follows : — 

1. Home (";niiiis, ;\IilliH)cl<ft Lake. 5. Log Camp, Brown Brook Lake. 0. Loi; Cinni). Atkins I'ond. 

2. Lart,'('(';iiiiiis;it Mmisiiii^nin Lake. 6. Loj; Camp, Chamller Brook. 10 Loi; Cauiii, Chase I'.rcok. 

3. Log CaiiUis. Millllla^'assett Lake. 7. Log Camp, Chandler Lake. 11. Lot; Canip, Salmon I'ool. 

4. Log Camp, Lsland I'ond. 8. Log Camp, Reed Bond IJ. Log Camp, Beaver I'ond 

ATKINS' CAMPS, REACHED FROM MASARDIS AND OXBOW. 

Leave Boston in evening, arrive at IMasardis next noon, and at lirst of eamps 
that evening. Distance frojii railroad 2.j miles, made hy team and eanoe. 
String of twelve camps on lakes, ponds, and streams of the famoits Fishing and Hunting Bejsrion 
at the headwaters of the Aroostook. Home camiis at Millnocket Lake i-onsist of sixteen ealiins 
made of peeled logs; o)ien lireiilaees, spring beds, A I talde. Also line set of home e;inijisat Munsunguu 
Lake, i'rivacy and home comforts for women. SportsnuMi can come here witli tlien- families and get 
tlie very best of sport, as well as comfortable living. No better summer fishing in JLiine. Moose 
hunting unexcelled. Deer plenty. Write for circular and map. 

WILLIAM ATKINS. P.O. Address, Oxbow, Me. 



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A Sporting and Recreation Outfit. 



Boston . RancK . Co., 

= Limited = 

C. S. COOK, Owner. 

Headc|uarters at Holeb, Maine. 

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 500 SPORTSMEN 



4 DISTINCT SPORTING 
. . . RANCHES . . . 

Classified as follows, under the 
general name of Boston Ranch 
Co., Limited: — 

First Group of Camps at Holeb, 
Maine. 

(Formerly known as Birch Island 
Sporting Camps.) 

Second Group of Camps at Birch 
Island, Atiean Lake. 

(Formerly known as the Attean 
Sporting Camps.) 

Third Group of Camps at Heald 
Pond. 

Sport- 



(Formerly Fred Henderson': 
ing Camps.) 

Fourth Group of Camps at Long 
Pond. 

(Formerly Big Churchill Sporting 
Camps.) 

A Good Hotel at Holeb, 

(birch island.) 



AN D THEIR FAMILIE S. 

324 Square Miles of Exclusive Hunting and Fishing. 

100 Miles of Moose River for Canoeing and 
Fishing. 

60 Miles of Well-cut Trails. 

54 Separate LOG CAMPS, where Families can be 
quite by themselves. 

The Camps at Birch Island, Holeb, 
are the best constructed and furnished 
of any Camps in the State of Maine. 



These various Ranches, scattered as they 
are over a most beautifully picturesque re- 
gion, afford not only ideal canoe trips and 
the perpetual charm and freedom of wood 
life, but they are exceedingly rich in Trout 
and Salmon (12,000 Salmon were placed in 
these waters in November), also Moose, 
Deer, Fox, Duck, Partridge, etc., which are 
very abundant in the season. 

In summer the attractions are numberless. 
Canoe trips and journeys to the outside 
camps, accompanied with experienced guides 
(whose cooking is delicious), have the peculiar 
charm of being close to the heart of Nature 
under the most favorable auspices. 
The high situation of from seven hundred to two thousand feet above sea level 
gives cool nights and entire immunity from hay fever. A perfect place for chil- 
dren ; canoes and row-boats in plenty for recreation or sport. 

A houseboat under steam and a gasoline launch are a part of the outfit; either 
can be engaged by the day for parties. 



General Idea of 
Terms. 



Persons occupying Special Camps, $1 .75 each person per day. 
Persons occupying Rooms at the Hotel, $1 .50 each person per day. 
Persons occupying Outside Camps, $1 OO each person per day. 
Guides, including Canoe, $3 50 per day 
Canoes, $2.00 per week or 50 cents per day. 
Kow Boats, $2 00 per week or 50 cents per day. 
Special Terms for a Long Stay. 

ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS AS FOLLOWS ;- 
For Birch Island Camps (Holeb), and Big Churchill Camps (I.ong I'und). to J. E. Wilson, Holeb, Me. 
For Attean Camps, to Edith A. Newton, Jackmnn, Me. 

For Heald Pond Camps, to Edmund Henderson, Jackman, Me. 



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A Word about the Table : The food is ample, and is 
well prepared and served. You will be quite satisfied. 

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142 



CAMPS, HOTELS. 



THE LINKSOOS HOLSE, 

AN IDEAL CAMP, 

On the East Branch, at the Ferry. 

Nearest large camp to Katahdin. Near the 
beautiful Wissataquoik and fine trout ponds. 
Perfect canoeing. Deer and moose hunting. 
String of camps on Wissataquoik trail; only 
camps around north spur of Katahdin. Desir- 
able family resort. Only eight miles from R. R. 
at Stacyville by buckboard. 

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Trains met. Guides, teams, and saddle horses 
furnished. 



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IF 

YOU 

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Keoreation, 

Comfort, 

Convenience, 

Good A<'«'oinniodations, 

Good ]ioar<l. Low Kates, 



Then write for particulars about 



The Crowds Nest. 

(On tue snore oIMooselead Lake.) 



Saddle Trail to Katahdin. 

Easy and Delightful, 
On Banks of Rapid Water." 

Only bridle-path ever laid into Katahdin Basin. 
Starts from Limksoos House; follows Wissata- 
quoik Valley; passes round head of Katahdin Lake; 
curves with south end of Turner; crosses Sandy 
Stream; and, turning around the head of .Sandy 
Pond, climbs up Roaring Brook into South Basin. 
Comfortable camp in Basin. Saddle horses, etc., 
furnished on application. 

Send for illustrated circular. 

L. B. ROGERS £ SON, 

STACYVILLE. 




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It's just what you are looking for. There are also separate camps for small parties, and launch for use of guests. 

BIGNEY & ROWE, Proprietors, - - GREENVILLE, ME. 

OUTLET HOUSE, 

FORMERLY MOOSEHEAO HOUSE. 
MOOSEHEAD, MAINE. 

CHARLES E. WILSON, Proprietor. 

This old and well-established home for hunting 
and fishing parties entirely renovated, and hot and 
cold water, bathrooms, etc., introduced. .'Several 
canms and cabins built at attractive points for use 
of guests. 

Latest fishing in Moosehead is here (The East 
Outlet), reached from (Greenville (12 miles), via 
L'. P. R. R. to Moosehead station, or by steamer. 
Accommodations for 50 people. First-class guides, 
boats, and canoes furnished. Terms reasonable. 
Send for Booklet. 




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143 




Happy is the sportsman who 
" puts up " : 



INDIAN POND CAMPS 



(four miles from Moosehead station on Canadian Pacific Ry., 10 miles from Greenville on B. & A. 
Good woods-roads into camps). Every wanted comfort is here; good soft beds; splendid table 
fare, including vegetables fresh from our own farm; and " plenty of room to live in." Woods and 
waters afford abundant sport; guides and canoes furnished. Parties met at Moosehead station. 



Send for our pamphlet 
of interesting facts 



M. J. MARR, Prop. 

p. O. Moosehead, Maine 



Ten camps at Indian pond, two at 
Indian stream (three miles), one 
at Chase stream (five miles). 



Brownville Village l]::fT^Z!Z 

Salmon and Trout waters in Maine, with fine drives to 
all, — Sebec Lake, five miles ; Ebeeme Pond, nine miles ; 
Scoodic Lake, five miles; Roaring Brook, five miles; 
Middle Branch of Pleasant River, seven miles; Torry 
Brook, one and a half miles; and Alder Brook, two an'd 
a half miles. Guides furnished at reasonable rates. 

Brownville in Summer L^rama'i! 

tive towns on the B. & A. Railroad, and is well 
equipped to entertain summer visitors. 

THE HOTEL HERRICK trhore,s'„1 

its size in Maine. New, with fine rooms well furnished; 
first-class table, with pure spring water; (.Icctric bells and lights; telephone in the house; steam heat and fire- 
places to take the chill off on occasion; an excellent place to which to bring ladies and children. Fine livery 
connected. Many drives to first-class fishing waters, f U Hf^rCirU Pmr» Brownville, 
Golf Links in connection with house. Write for terms. ^* *-• "CIlH^Kj rltJ|J*) Maine. 




If you seek unsurpassed 
EARLY 
TROUT FISHING 



go to 






Jackman 



If you wish for a place where 

CANOEING IS 
EXCELLENT 

stop at the 

Henderson House 



If you desire an ideal spot for Summer Repose stop at the 

Herxdersso*:!. Jrloxx^e Terms, |2.00 per day 

For Particulars and Circulars address Fred Henderson, Jackman, Fie. 



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HOTELS, COTTAGES. 



"THE PALACE IN THE WOODS." 




THE 

GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL 

At Millinocket, Me., 



Has electric lights and steam heat; 20 rooms connected with baths ; 
everything new and modern, comfortable and convenient ; plenty of 
room. Hunting and fishing here is unsurpassed. Scenery superb. 



J. P. RANDALL, Proprietor. 



LAKE HOTEL AND COTTAGES, 



Head of 
SEBEG LAKE. 



THIRTEEN MILES FROM THE B. & A. R. R. 

Here, in May, June, July, and August, is found the best landlocked salmon fishing in Maine ; also good 
mixed fishing for pickerel, perch, and black bass. Near-by ponds are alive with trout and togue. My hunt- 
ing grounds embrace the four Buttermilk ponds, the valleys of Wilson and Onawa streams. 

Summer boarders desired. The house has modern plumbing and sanitary arrangements. In connection 
with the house there are a number of cottages situated about thirty-five yards from the house. These cottages 
each contain four rooms, a sitting room with open fireplace, and three sleeping rooms. They are furnished 
with good ash furniture and easy beds. Each cottage has a piazza overlooking the lake, making an ideal 
place for parties or families with children to spend the summer. 

To reach here, come via Dover and Fo.xcroft or Abbott Village. For circulars and prices address 



Piscataquis Co. 



B. M. PACKARD, Willimantic, Maine. 



At sebois Farm, 

on Sawtell Brook you'll find fish enough, game enough, 
and "good healthy living" in abundance. Com- 
fortable quarters for everybody ; four new 
cottages to be built in 1902. Rates very 
moderate. Farm is 20 miles from Pat- 
ten. Parties should stop at Pal- 
mer House, Patten, where 
conveyance to the farm 




can always be had. 

Write PALMER BROS., Patten, Me. 
A Record Region for Big Game* 



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HOTELS. 



Us 



Get off at Grindstone! 



Xei^lat; tit *!:»€' 



Grindstone House 



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Splendid 

trout 

and 

pickerel 

fishing 

Great 

gLime 

region, 

many 

big 

moose as well as deer being 
shot here yearly 



Head- 
quarters 
for 
East 
Branch 
parties 
Arrange- 
ments 
made in 
advance 

of arrival for canoe parties. Guides, 
canoes, and supplies furnished 




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For Real Sport ^, 




^^ Van Buren 



and vicinity offers every induce- 
ment to Sportsmen and vaca- 
tioners. Game and fish are 

abundant here; attratlive canoe trips abound ; 

plenty of Sport summer and fall. Ideal outing 
for ladies. Comfortable, homelike quarters at 

Van Btiren Hotel. 

JAS. A. McGlLL, Prop . Van BUREN.ME. Outfts and guides furnished. Write us. 



Hvirxt 
He3re! 



Talk about §port 1 104 Deer, 8 Moose 
shipped from Sherman Station in igoi ! 
Fine fishing close at hand. 



A Brick Hotel in Maine's Jungles ! 



" The Windsor" is a new 22-room house, modern 
in build, up to date in all departments. For 
sure sport check your luggage for " The Windsor, " 
SHERMAN, Me., M. T. LEEN, Proprietor. 



Here! 



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CAMPS. 




H 



UNT AT 



H 

F 



UNT'S 



In the Famous 

Mount Katahdin 

Moose Region, 



ISH AT 



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UNT'S! 



Or, IP You Seek 

A Trouting 

Paradise, 

String of camps at f ull-trouted Souvrtnahunk stream and near-by ponds. Boats and canoes on ponds ; 
team on carries from river to Sourdualiunk ponds. Guides and canoes furnished. New trail opened to 
Mount Katahdin. >VK ARK EASILY RE irHED from Norcross by steamer to Anibajejus Falls, thence by 
canoe, one day's trip. Write early for dates. 



I. 0. HUNT, Proprietor and Guide, - Norcross, Me. 



G. W. PICKEKIJIG'S 
CAMP. 

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Porus Tslana, ♦ . ♦ . 
PemadumcooK CaKe. . 



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MAINE. 




are only part of what you find in the rich game pre- 
serve about 

Mattagamon Holse, 

at HUNT FAKM, East I'.vanoh of the Penobscot. 
House is charmingly located, roomy and well fur- 
nished; has best of natural advantages, iiii'luding 
ice-cold spring water. Seven miles from Stacyville 
by buckboard ; Mount Katahdin close by. Will add 
new camps in 1902 

Address 

M. M. TRACY, Hunt Farm, 

P. O. Stacyville, Me. 

i^~Open all the year. 



IVEoose, IDeexr, &g£^ 




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CAMPS. 



147 






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MOOSE. 



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FINE TROOT 
FISHING. 



LOTS OF 
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'way round this ad. why you ' V»I\C TUIIU ^^UllipS} board to V, Pond, then by 



— man or woman — should 
spend your outing at . . . 



78 MILES FROM canof and trail. Corre- 

K. I. Works, sponJence solicited. . . 

John P. Coughlin, yoke pond camps, via Katahdin Iron Works, Me. 



GAMEY 
SALMON. 



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22 PONDS 
CLOSE BY. 



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CANOES IN ALL 
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fAMP MOOSEHORNS, 



(Half mile from B & A. R B , at 
Northwest Pond. Reached 
from Schoodic Station.) 



A cluster of new, well-lighted, comfortable camps, 

In the nidst of Good Hunting Grounds. 

Plenty of deer, moose, and small game. Fishing Ai the year 
round. Guides, canoes, and equipment for tenting and camp- 
ing furnished. 

Those who want recreation and good sport will find them 
here. Family parties received. Table first class. Spring 
water. Good beds. Rate, ^i a day. Address 

HASKELL & BROWN, (Registered Guides), Schoodic, fie. 

Senator Quay 
Praised Our Camps ! 

Don't you think you'd better "put 
up" with us.-" Trout and deer in 
abundance; moose plenty. Camps 
a*; Spider, Musquocook, Churchill 
and Long lakes. Peaked Mt., and 
Sewell Deadwater. 
Reached viaMoosehead Lake 
or Masardis and O.xbow. 

Follow the Senator! 
COME! 

Arbo & Libby, Oxbow, He. 

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148 



CAMPS, HOTELS. 



CIMMINGS' CAMPS 



Aroostook County, Me. 




The only sporting camps on the chain of Fish River Lakes, extending over 60 miles. 

Situated North of Caribou. 
Consult map for location. 

The Home of the 
Largest Square- 
Tailed Trout 
and Landlocked 
Salmon in Maine. 

The best Moose-hunting in the 
State. References given as to its 
quality. Every hunter satisfied. 
A home in the Maine woods for 
those seeking rest from business 
cares. Camps cosy and comfort- 
able. Splendid view. Vegetable 
garden supplies table; milk from 
our own cows. Good cooking a 
feature. Air rarefied; medicinal 
springs near by. An ideal family 
resort. 
Rates, $2 a day; special rates for season and to parties and families. Guests met at the Jemtland 
station, Van Buren Extension, B. & A. R.R., and conveyed to camp, the first 13 miles over a good 
turnpike road, to Cross Lake Inn (recently built for recreation of sporting parties or use in bad weather 
on way to Square Lake camps), thence six miles by water. Daily mails at camps. Guides, canoes, 
and boats furnished sportsmen. For particulars address 

D. L. CummingS ®. Son, Box 269, Houlton, Me.,or Jemtland, Me. 

THE PlILrO HO\JiS£ is one of the best hotels of its size in 
Maine. New, with fine rooms well furnished ; first-class table ; steam heat ; 
fireplaces ; bath connected in all rooms. Many drives to first-class fishing waters. 
Fine livery connected. Write for terms. 

A. F. SPEARING, Prop., Milo, Maine. 

BUCK HORN CAMPS, Jo Mary I^aKe. 

BERT HAYNES, camp-owner and registered guide, (P. O.) Norcross, Me., would like to hear from 
parties wishing to try hunting or fishing at famous Jo Mary. Knows this territory like a book. 
Also, experienced guide for hunting or fishing in West Branch and Katahdin territory. Write for 
terms. Special rates to summer boarders. 

_^^?^__^_^__ PATTEN, MAINE, on the line of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, is 

Mr.^SL I MM^fni the Sportsman's Paradise. We make it our business to cater to the wants 

ww^^wy^ v^ of our Sportsmen. Give us a try. The most convenient house in Maine. 

KM. CJ \J ^^ M\. Nearest the region where moose and deer abound. The house supplies 

ro,-,^.„t«, *, r\ ■ guests with teams. The best of buckboards and most careful drivers 

«-arpenter & yuincy, furnished on short notice. CARPENTER & QUINCY, Patfen, Me. 

rroprietors -». j > 



SPRING 
BROOK 
CAMP 



on East Branch. Reached from Grindstone, twenty-si.x miles 
by canoe, or from Stacyville by road. Parties met. Fishing 
or hunting. Address 

ciT^aries Ej, :ivi:or>oarfc^ica. 

Registered Guide. SHERMAN, MAINE. 



At 



I il|T||^ K#1|C*\/|01A/ ^o"j''l fi'i<i a clean, respectable place to 
^^*^ r ' Clll T IV-'TT spend your vacation, where the scenery is 
picturesque, the air fresh and invigorating, the boating superb, the hunting and 
fishing second to none. Camp is at Shinn pond, i 2 miles from Patten. Forterms 

etc., wiite C. A. WREN, Sherman Mills, Me. (Patten p.o. after May i.) 



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CAMPS. 



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Tor UnCXCClkd (trout range from 1 to 5 lbs. 

fiUntina '" ^^'S'l^^')! *^">' marvellous 

' . l)eautiesof the forest prime- 

dttd rtSniltd val ; for fine eanoeinR, l)oat- 

inK, andbathinK ; for the bestoutinKof your life, 

I'onie to 

OaK Point, Portage Cake. 

Teu-niile ritle from Ashland, then thrif miles 

by lake steamer. Camps afford best 

accommodations. Open fires. 

Pure spring water. 

(iuides furnished on request. For terms, etc., 

address 

C.J. ORCUTT, Ashland, Me. 



Unrivalled hunting and fishini; at our string 
of 15 camps in Machias lake region, at Fish M 
River, Mooseleuk, and Musquocook waters. j 

YoL Can Get a Moose 

Without Fail! 

Camps made of peeled logs; have spring beds. 
Finest of medicinal spring water. Every com- 
fort for sportsmen and families. F\)r rates, etc., 
write 

PETERSON «Sc M'KAY, 

Ashland, Me. 




String of Five Comfortably-furnished Camps 
on and near Schoodic Lake. 



Spring beds and 
mattresses insure 
good night's rest ; 
table cuisine unsur- 
passed. Large new 
camp, just built, is 
only two minutes' 
walk from telegraph 



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and post-office. Fa- 
m o ti s Five Island 
Camps are four miles 
down the lake in a 
great moose, deer, 
trout, and bass re- 
gion. 



Steamboat, rowboats, canoes, and guides always at the disposal of guests. 



CAMP GREENWOOD. 



Near Chesuncook and Caribou Lakes. No guides reiiuired. Rates 
moderate. Farm connected. Address P. L. SHAW^, Portland, Me. 



GUIDE 



for Moose, Deer, and Fishing parties. Guiding in any part of northern Maine. 



est references. Address 



ISAAC W. SMITH, Sherman Mills, 



lligh- 
Me. 



GUIDE. 



for Moose, Deer, and Fishing parties, 
est references. Address 



Guiding in any part of northern Maine. High- 
DANIBIi H. PERRY, Sherman Mills, Me. 



GUIDE 



for Moose. Moose-hunters and camping parties guided in any part of northern 
Maine. Highest references. IRVIN PALMER, Patten. Me. 



GUIDE 



for Moose and Deer hunters and camping parties. Guiding In any part of northern 
Maine. Highest references TILL S SAVAGE, Yoke Pond, Katahdlo Iron Works, He. 



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CAMPS, HOTELS, ETC. 




Camp Pleasant 

FisH River LaKe, 
.AroostooK County, Me. 

G. H. GLEASON, Proprietor. 



REACHED by fine canoe trip up the 
beautiful Fish River in one day 
from iettlement. Separate log 
camps for families furnished with all 
sportsmen's comforts, good fare, deli- 
cious spring water, no insect pests. Good 
fly fishing close to camps and in near by 
ponds, all easily reached. No better game 
region anywhere. Good References. 

P. O. Address, PORTAGE, Maine. 



Best of Hunting! 



Great Fishing! 



At Munsungan Lake. 



Here is CAMP WILKSBARA, finely fitted for 
sportsmen; comforts include mattresses and spring 
beds. Plenty of room; no crowded quarters. Par- 
ties met. New camps built in 1902 will open up 
new country. Sport unbounded close to camps. 
Write 

WALTER J. KEATING, 



Prop'r and Guide, 



OX BOW, ME. 





Presque Isle House, 

Presque Isle, Me. 

CHAS. G. PERRY, PROPRIETOR. 



THIS house is headquarters 
' for all sportsmen, being 
situated in the heart of the 
Game and F'ishing district, 
and only 12 miles distant 
from the famous Squa Pan 
Lake. Guides and boats fur- 
nished on application, and all 
inquiries cheerfuUyanswered 



New House. 

All Modern 
Improvements. 

First Class in 
Every Respect. 

Livery in 
Connection. 




If you want 
up-to-date 

Printing' 

Call on 




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CAMPS, HOTELS. 



151 




Read What Telos Lake Offers 

AND COME IN I 

Deer and moose from a deep wilderness. Big togue. 
Richest Maine Irout fishing only one and six miles 
away by buckboard (at Coffee-los and Sourdnahunk). 
Cooper's Camps serve fresh vegetables, milk, butter, 
etc. Special rooms for ladies. Tents with floor, al.so 
cottages, to let. Cooper's are the only camps in the 
.AUagash lake chain ; are but 12 miles from usual -Aila- 
gash canoe route, and offer wide range of sport. Rates, 
$2.00 a day. Guides, $3.00 a day. Two days' ride in by 
buckboard from Patten, or canoe from Northeast Carry. 

G. WM. COOPER, Patten, Maine. 



Famous Sour dnahunk 

The only camp on this lake is CAMP 
PHtENIX. It is a first-class sporting 
camp, where comfort as well as sport is 
always to be had. Reached by buck- 
board from Patten. The rare hunting 
and phenomenal fishing in this region 
make this the gilt-edge resort of the 
Maine wilderness for sportsmen. Write 
for terms and dates to Patten, Me., May 
to November, and Passadumkeag, Me., 
December to May. 

W A. McLAIN, Proprietor. 




OUR GUESTS 
SHOT 



10 MOOSE, 102 DEER 



IN SEASON 
OF 1901 




Everybody praises the hunting, 
fishuig, and living at ... . 

Trout Brook Farm 

Most remote farm clearing in Maine woods ; 30 miles from 
Patten, in upper East I:>ranch region. House is new : has 
spring beds; fine table fare, including fresh cream, butter, 
eggs, and vegetables. Camps at Trout Brook Stream and 
Second Lake. Fishing superb. Parties for our own 
and other camps met at Patten with teams. Write for 
circulars, etc. 



JCEjI^rvOO^O «Ste CUB«I«E5:iV, I^^ttea:^, »«e. 




Under the new management of 
the Smyrna Exchange, sportsmen 
will find very best accommoda- 
tions. Coach runs to all trains, 
and teams furnished for transpor- 
tation of passengers and baggage 
to all sporting camps. 

H. A. DeLong, Prop.,^%rne™"' 




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152 



CAMPS. 



JAS. C. MILLMORE, Prop. 



TKe No. 1 House, 

Aroostook Co., - BENEDICTA, ME. 

This house is situated in the heart of the Maine woods, in a section called No. 1, six miles from neigh- 
bors, tliirteen miles from Sherman station, fourteen from Mattawamkeag. 

One hundred Deer and a number of Moose shot this last 
Season within two miles of the house. 

Forty rods of it is the famous Molunkus Brook, abounding in trout; three miles distant is Molunkus 
Lake, where fish of all kinds are plentiful. 

Good beds, excellent table. If you will notify me, will meet you at either station. (Reke hence by 
permission of H. H. HAMILTON, 521 Washington St., Boston, who says: "This is tlie 'ideal spot' for 
sportsmen or rest, and after a stay of three months my wife and I are sorry to depart from such a genial 
host and hostess as Mr. and Miss IMillmnre." 




Game at Echo Island Camp. 
Hurt Lydston, John Whitco.mb, 

John Earlev, Albert Nickerson, 

Thomas McKenzie, John Mullay, 
C. N. Shedd, Frank M. Wherien. 



.. Echo Island Camp .. 

SALMON STREAM LAKE. 

A summer home in a charming country, (jreat hunting 
in virgin forest. Oood duck-shooting. Situated east of 
Clrindstone, and reached from Sherman station. Parties 
met. Separate camps for ladies and for families. We set a 
fine table. Private ice-house. Rates reasonable, and spe- 
cial for season or parties. 

Camp on beautiful lake, with good bathing, fishing, and 
canoeing. Reliable guides. This is where you find the 
Maine woods unspoiled. Write for dates, etc. 

HENRY GANTNIER, 

p. O. Adclres.s, - - BENEDICTA, ME. 



To Let ! ^^^^ ^^ moosebcad Cake. 

EASILY Accommodates Eight. 

f Located on Deer Island, within two minutes' walk of hotel. Daily steam- 
boat and mail for Greenville and Kineo. Camp is new; has 6o feet 
covered piazza, sitting room i2 x 24 with fireplace, 3 large bedrooms, 
kitchen 13 x 13, and woodshed. Four beds and couch, with hair mat- 
tresses and all bedding in camp. Meals obtained at Hotel if desired. 
Handy to best fishing. Deer come out daily in summer; I saw 15 at 
one time last year. For terms, etc., apply to 

KataKdin View ! 

Situated at Poc wocamus Headwater, fin the 
well-known West Branch of the IVnobsi-ot, 
in the slKKh-s of the k'rand old Alouut Katah- 
din, fiuucius for its lieautiful serncry and 
j,'r;ni(li-ur. (iiidd tmut lisliint; in easy vea.-b 
of till- caniii. (Jrassv pouds witliiu li' e iniu- 
iitcs' liuddle of tlie caiiii., hi'int,' tin- li-cdiuK'- 
Kidunds fur the noblest of animals the 
Modsi- and D.-Hr-duriuk' tlie but iiKinlbs, 
Kiviiik' the IciviT of I'lioto^rapbv anil (iaiiif 
I'icturi's spli-iiilid "iipnrtiinitv. All tlic cuni- 
forts of biiiiic lifr. Till' surroiindiiik's are 
thf lii'st of Moose and Deer limit inn. Have 
had lifteen years' experieure, and inaki^ it a 
study to please guests. Canors ami (Juides 
furiiisluMl. For terms and further particu- 
lars address 

B. C. HARRIS, Norcross, Maine. 

Reached by the B. & A. R. R. and Norcross. 



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SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 




The above is a cut of 



D. T. SANDERS (Q. SO'S'S 

Store and WareHouse, 

Located at 

0R£E:NVII:,LE village:, MooseHead LaKe. Me.. 

Where the business was established 45 years ago. 



With the Largest and Best Stocked 
General Store in the State, 

and a continuous business connection with 
Lumbermen and Sportsmen for the above 
length of time, we claim to supply 
everything needed by Sportsmen. 



We Allow No Commission 
to Guides,— 

one price to all, and that the low- 
est consistent with best quality. 



Send for complete list of Camp Supplies, with Map of Moosehead 
Lake and Vicinity on reverse side, free for the asking. We gladly 
recommend only such guides as we know to be reliable. 

Advance orders by mail will be carefully packed, ready for shipment 
on your arrival. 

Our Specialty, Fresh Eggs and Good Butter,— 

two very necessary articles for Camp. 

Direct telephone connection with the Hotel and both Depots at Greenville Junction. 



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D. T. SANDER* (Si SON, 

Greenville, Maine. 



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Adi'crtiser. 



154 TENTS. 



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Geo. B. Carpenter & Co. 

Ship Chandlers and Sailmakers 

TENTS, CAMP FURNITURE 
WATERPROOF CANVAS COVERS 




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SLEEPING BAGS, PACK BAGS 
YANKEE COTS, STOVES, ETC. 




If you wish to enjoy your outing in the -woods, take your own tents, cots, and 
outfit with you, and l<eep out of log-huts and cabins. Mention this Guide and 
send four cents in stamps and we will send you the most complete Catalogue 
of Tents ever published. 

200, 202, 204, 206, 208 S. Water Street, 

CHICAGO. 

Contractors to the U. S. Army for 45 years. 



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WOOD FURNACES, GUNS, Etc. 



155 



WOOD 

FURNACEvS 

provide the easiest and most healthful means of heat- 
ing and ventilating Houses, Churches, Halls, School- 
houses, and Stores. 

OUR 

Monitor and Hot Blast 

are simple and durable in construction, very powerful 
in heating capacity, not expensive. 

They are in use in all sections of the country, and 

EVERYWHERE 
GIVE SATISFACTION. 

The One-piece Fire-box Body is practically in- 
destructible. 

Write us for Illustrated Circular. 
THE HOT BLAST. 

Our CLARION Coal Furnaces, CLiARION Ranges and Stoves for Wood and Coal, 
are famous for good quality. 

WOOD (Si BISHOP CO., Bangor, Maine. 

Makers of highest grade RANGES, STOVES, FURNACES, and 
TINWARE. Headquarters for Complete Camp Outfits for Cook- 
ing and Heating. 




ESTABLISHED 1S39. 



INCORPORATED 1894. 



Don't Forget that Rice & Miller, 

Who(esa(e Hardware, BANGOR, ME., 



carry a large assortment of Sporting Goods. Visiting 
sportsmen can find here all makes and calibres of 
Rifles and Shotguns, Ammunition, and Canvas Goods, 
Fishing Tackle, etc., at Lowest Prices. 

Get your Outfit here and save expense. 



Oriental GunpoM^der 

(Established iSiS) 

Is not excelled by any other make at equal 
prices. 

" Wing Shot," " Wild Fowl," 

"Western Storting," "Falcon Ducking," 

are i'ui'ular brands everywhere. 

"Oriental Smokeless" is now generally con- 
sidered the best Smokeless Powder that has ever been 
offered to sportsmen. Use " ( )riental Powder," and 
insist on having your shells loaded with it; both black 
and smokeless. 

Oriental Powder Mi lit, Cincinnati, 0. 

Boston Office, 13 Broad Street, 

.■\gents in all principal cities. 
Sold by dealers generally. 




Rice (Sl Miller, Agents, .* .* Bangfor, Me. 



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156 



AMMUNITION, ETC. 



i AMMUNITION 




BRANDED 



ai 



GIVES 



Superior Results 



IN 



Gun, Rifle, 
Revolver. 



MANUFACTURED BY 



WITH THIS MARK 

AGENCIES: J^ 

Beww,i«.,iis., l^Mted states CartFidge Co., | 

aj sn riucisco, w., iu-116 Mamt SI LOWELL, MASS. t 



. SELLEtS & CO., 

INCORPORATED. 

MODERN °" 

MACHINE 

TOOLS, 

Improved Injectors, 

Superior Shafting, 
TURN-TABLES, Etc. 

— o — 

PKiladelpHia, Pa. 



Thomas W, Burr, 

BANGOR, ME. 

— o — 

BILL 
POSTING, 

Tacking, and 
Distributing. 

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Owns all Billboards in Bangor 
and Brewer, Me. 



Cooling Compounds, Oils, and Greases, '"=5 



&C0., 

Street, 

TY. 



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SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 



157 




Repeaters 



are the orisinal solid 
top and side ejectors. 
This feature forms a 
solid shield of metal 
between the shootL-r's 
head and the cartridge 
at all times, throws the 
empties away from him 
instead of into his face, 
prevents smoke and 
gases from entering his 
eyes and lungs, and 
keeps the line of sight 
unobstructed. The 
MARLIN action 
works easily and 
smoothly, making: very 
little noise. Our new 
automatic recoil-oper- 
atincr locking device 
mnkes the Marlin the 
safest breech-loading 
gun ever built. 120- 
page catalogue, 300 il- 
lustrations, cover in 
nine colors, mailed for 
three stamps. 
The Marlin FireArms Co. 
New Haven, Conn. 



Maine 
Woods 



is the name of a -A'eekly 
newspaper which has 
become the shooting and 
fishing authority of all 
North Maine. 

Address 
PKillips, Me., 

for a copy, ^i.ooayear. 



CANOES 



We offer a line of Canvas-covered Canoes that includes models for 
all-around canoeing, and for the use of guides and sportsmen. Our 
workmen have had years of experience. All canoes are thoroughly 
built from best of material and guaranteed satisfactory. 



BOATS 




Our Guides* Canoe 



is especially planned for hard service and sells at a 
fair;rice. Various grades. A full line of models. 
We also build Canvas-covered Boat sand Yacht Tenders. Our factory is at the home of Indian canoes, 
where they have been built and used for centuries. Free Catalogues mailed upon request. 

Succeeding Indian (Tld Town C.\noe Co., 
Old Town, Me. 



ROBERTSON & OLD TOWN CANOE CO., 

Middle Street, OLD TOWN, ME. J. R. ROBERTSON, Auburndale.riass 



If you want to kill 



Call on 



A Salmon, Trout, or Bass ScOtt & RiChafdS, 



A Moose, Deer, or Bear 



218 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS., 



and see their magnificent assortment (at low prices) of 

Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, Etc. 
Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies, Hooks, Etc. 
Sportsmen's Specialties of all Kinds. 

Send for Circular of our Special Shoe, the "MOOSE-TOP STILL-HUNTER." 

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158 SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 



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Rettiington-Cee Sporting Rifle 




WITHOUT AN EQUAL FOR 

Long Range Target and 

Big Game Shooting. 

Trank 1). 1)Vde $bot witb a Rcmindton^Cee Sporting Rifle and 
won tbe Jlll-Conicrs matcft, Sea Girt, 11,3., September 10, 1901. 



LIST PRICE, $25.00. 

Apply to your dealer for Catalogue and discount. 

REMI^GTO^ ARMS COMPANY, 

313-317 Broadway, New York City. 11 ION N Y 

435 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. ' 



THE MONSON RAILROAD 

{NARROW GAUGB.) 

From Monson Junction, on the Bangor and Aroostook R. R., to the town ot IMonson. 
Information given regarding desirable cottages to let on Lake Hebron. 

W. L. ESTABROOK, Superintendent, nonson, He. 



AltfVk^-Vtfv IJ ["^-v^^^-ri JP i^^\. Carry a complete line of Sport- 
/\linOn n« rOgy « L/0«9 Ing Goods; Wmch ester, Marlln, 

HOTTT TON MATNTF Savage, and Stevens Rifles; 

rtUUi-,iUiN, MAlIMli., j^gi^g A^gg a,^j Hunting 

Knives. A full assortment of all kinds and siiies of Ammunition. 



Ut^AACtAAlf D<%tAfAi>6 Choice Seed Stock a Specialty. Seed Farms at Houlton, 

/IIVWMWR rViaiVV9* Maine. _ Store-Houses: Houlton, New Limerick, 
Ludlow, Oakfield, Dyer Brook, Sherman, Littleton, Monticello, Bridgewater, Mars Hill, 
Presque Isle, and Easton. Capacity, 250,000 bushels. Established ]fS7S. 

E. L. CLEVELAND, HOULTON, MAINE. 



When in Houlton, and in need of anything in the Drug line, go lo Hatheway's Drug Store, 
a modern, up-to-date pharmacy, conlaming the most complete Prescription Department in the 
country. 

H. J. HATHEWAY, 

DRUGGIST, 
No. 60 Main street, HOULTON, ME. 



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S. KRIKDIVTAN & CO. 
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, 

Cor. rvleirkiet Sq. ar:id Court St. ^ 

HOULTON, MAINE. ^ 

.jA 

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SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 



159 




HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED MARKSMANSHIP 



THEY HOLD THE 
WORLD'S RECORD IN 



Rifle, Revolver, and Pistol Shooting., 




LOADED 
WITH.... 



PETERS' 30-30 SEMI-SMOKELESS CARTRIDGE, for Big Game Shooting, 
has merits of smokeless loads without their faults. 

PETERS' LOADED SHOTGUN CARTRIDGES. Ibeal and New Victor (smoke, 
less) ; Referee (semi-smokeless) ; League, the king of black powder loads. 

HANDY BOOK FOR SPORTSMEN MAILED FREE. 

THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY . . . Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Eastern Department, 80 Chambers St., We«' York, T. H. Keller, Manager, 



W. C. SPAULDING, 



Caribou, Me. 



Hardivare and Ctitlery* 

Carries a Complete Line ol WIXCHESTER Goods. 
Agent for Oriental Powder. 

Preparations for tKe Totxrist and A.iigler 

"White's Mosquito Lotion, for protection against Black Flies, etc. "White's Rose 
Glycerine, for Sunburn, etc. White's Essence of Ginger, cures Indigestion, etc. 

mupt,... g ^ WHITE, Druggist, Caribou, Me. 
JAMES H. GLENN, Caribou, Me. 

Hard'Nvare, Stoves, and Tin^rare, 

BUILDERS' MATERIAL, AND COAL. 
Sporting Goods; Brick and Cement. 



C. p. HUSSEY, 



Caribou, Me. 



Dealer in Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, 

and Smokers' Articles. All of the Popular Brands to select from. Billiard Hall in 
connection. Also, best three-chair Barber Shop in the county; first-class artists, 
clean towels. When in Caribou give us a call. 



W. H. THERIAULT, 



Caribou, Me. 



I^ivery and Boarding Stable. 

Fifty Horses; Single and Double Rigs of all kinds; Buckboards, two to six horses. 
Long experience. Wire and Telephone Orders promptly executed. 



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i6o SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES, CAMPS, ETC. 

Camp Supplies 
for Sportsmen 




SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO PACKING TO AVOID 
DAMAGE WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED OVER 
"TOTE" ROADS; AND WHEN GOODS ARE TO BE 
CARRIED IN CANOES, THEY CAN BE PACKED IN 
BOXES OF CONVENIENT SIZE FOR EASY HANDLING. 



Send for Price List 



IMPORTERS 
and GROCERS 



6^. vS. Pierce Co. 

Tremont and Beacon Streets Coolidge's Comer 

Copley Square Boston BrooKline 

-- ^TIJ it C f^ Sportsmen's Supplies carefully packed 

r l*eCI !• nflll \X. v^0» and shipped to all Hunting and Fishing 

Resorts in Maine. 



Choice Family Groceries 



:iVo. T »t£i1;© Street, JS^xnsox-^ JVIe. 

II ^*4-^^^^n' f\4 44"§44-a Tents of all descriptions. Yacht and Canoe Sails. 
IIUIIl-V^I ^ vfULIIL^ Knapsacks, Packing Cases, and Sleeping Bags. 
Wide Duck for Canoes, etc. Waterproof Bags, Horse and Wagon Covers. 

Excha^gTst'oepot CurHer & Hook, Bangor, Me, 
WM. COOPER, Licensed Taxidermist 

MILOy ME. Thirty-five years' practical experience. Gold medal- 
ist, London. Formerly with Prof. Ward, Rochester, N. Y. Durable and artistic work 
on Birds, Mammals, Fish, Game Heads, etc. Write and send specimens by American 
Express (marked " Perishable" ). Inspect my show-ro oms. 

^PORTSMFN'S Reliable Guides Furnished. Sportsmen Outfitted for 

OrUI* I olVIILl^l *J .jjjg Woods. Best of everything at the lowest possible prices. 

INFORMATION information as to the best hunting and fishing localities, also 

PI ipp A 1 1 I'sst hotels and camps, or any other information desired. Drop 

dLKLALI me a card. It is free. 

SHELDON S. DAVIS, Moosehead Lake, Oreenville Junction, He. 

Licensed Hunter, Trapper, and Guide f°'^ hunting and fishing, canoe 

' rr J trips in Maine and New Bruns- 
©Wlf ©. H^YEIESj If oreross, M©. -wick. Goo d references. 

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SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 



i6i 



vSportsmem ! 



Are you aware that we have 
one of the best stocks of 
General Merchandise in Maine, 
and can supply you with every- 
thing you need in the way of a 
Camp Outfit? Send for our 
complete list of Camp Supplies, 
make up your order, send it to 
us, and we will have the goods 
carefully packed and ready at 
the time and place desired, 
thus saving you trouble and 
annoyance. 

We guarantee to give you 
prompt service and the best of 
goods. 



Reliable Guides engaged when desired. Long distance telephone connection. 

BtJOWjl & PHEHTISS, Gi^eenville, IWoosehead Itake, JVIe. 

We have several Cottage Lots on the shore of Lake Onawa for sale. 

Moosehead Lake. 

A choice line of Fresh and Salt 
Western and Northern Meats in 
any quantity. Vegetables, Canned 
Goods and Fruit, will be found at 

Buck & Clark's Market, 

Gfcenville, ^Vlaine. 





Sportsmen 



Wait until you get in Patten to buy your Camping: Sup- 
plies. Head-gear, Clothing, and Footwear carried, also r.ro- 
ceries. Camp Utensils, Ammunition, Guns, etc. Guides, 
Canoes, Tents, etc., can be provided. 



G. T. MERRILL, 



Patten, Me. 



PflTTElsH 



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5H555H5H5S5HSS5Z5E5E15HSZ5;SH5H5B'SZ5ZSid 



I make a business of supplying teams and 
hauling parties in this section. No charge for 
securiiig you a guide. 

HERBERT BROWN, - - Patten, Me. 



H. O. SPENCER, 



Caribou, Me. 



DEALER IN 

DIAMONDS, WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, EYE- 
GLASSES, CROCKERY, FISHING TACKLE, Etc. 

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l62 



SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 



Received 
Highest Award 



Gold Medal 




Pan-American 
Exposition. 

INLIKE ANY OTHER! 



The full flavor, the delicious quality, 
the absolute purity of Lowney's 
Breakfast Cocoa distinguish it from 
all others. 

No "treatment" with alkalies; no 
adulteration with flour, starch, or 
ground cocoa shells ; nothing but the 
nutritive and digestible product of 
the choicest Cocoa Beans. 

ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. 
Trial size sent for /j" cents in stamps. 

The Walter M. Lowney Co., 

447 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass. 



J. B. TARBELL'S 
SMYRNA MILLS, ME., 

Carries a large and complete line of Sporting Goods, Rifles, Ammunitions, and all kinds 
of Sportsmen's Clothing and Footwear, Fancy Groceries, and everything needed for 
the hunter and camp. 

Sportsmen going on the Ashland branch of the B. & A., send your order ahead, or call 
at the store and get everything for the camping outfit. 

J. E. TARBELL. 




A. M. Leavitt, 

DEALER IN 
DRY GOODS, 

BOOTS, SHOES, 

GROCERIES, 
Af/i'icultui'cil ImplenientSf 
and 
Geuenil Mei'chandlse, 

Potato Buyer and Dealer in Fertilizer, 

SMYRNA MILLS, ME. 



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SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES, ETC. 



163 



A. E. HAMMOND, President. H. A. GAGNON, Manager. 

Directors— A. E. Hammond, H. A. Gagnon, T. J. Cochran. 

Van Buren Mercantile Co., 



0EALE4)S IN 



GENERAL 
MERCHANDISE 



AT WHOLESALE 
AND RETAIL 



"V^tn. I3ixr^ML, :^j;^iin.e, 



Dry and Fancy Goods, 

Groceries, Flour, 

Provisions, 

Boots and Shoes, 

HardiA'are, Iron and 

Steel, Paints, 

Oils and Varnishes, 

Blacksmiths' 

Supplies, 

Country Produce, 

Tobacco and Cigars, 

Clothing, Rubber 

Goods, Ladies' and 

Gents' Furnishings, 

Fur Coats and Robes, 




Hats, Caps, Gloves, 

Harness, Horse 

Furnishings, Bicycles, 

Stoves, Tinware, 

Crockery and 

Glassware, Furniture 

and Carpetings, 

Building Materials, 

Doors, Sash, Etc., 

Agricultural 

Implements and 

Machines, Agents 

for Fertilizers, 

Mill Supplies, 

Carriage Stock. 




Gasoline Engines* 
Pumping Machinery, 

Water Columns* 
Tanks and Fixtures* 
Hand and Push Cars* Dump Cars* 
Velocipedes* Track Jacks* 

Motor Cars* Drills, Levels* 




Gauges* 
Track Tools* 




Reliable Railway Supplies. 

Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 
CHICAGO. 



St. Paul. 


St. Louis. 


Kansas City. 


Omaha. 


Indianapolis. 


Louisville. 


Cincinnati. 


Cleveland. 


Denver. 


San Francisco 


Portland, Ore. 


Los Angeles. 




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164 



SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 




L B, GARDNER & SONS. 



sportsmen's 
Supplies 

AT PATTEN. 

EVERYTHING used in camp and by 
sportsmen and fishermen carried in 
stock. Largest General Store in this part of 
Maine. Guides and Teams supplied. Wait 
imtil you get to Patten before buying your 
supplies for use in the best moose country 
in Maine. 

Shipped from Patten Station during open 
season of 1901, 453 Deer and 53 Moose. 



r« M. Peasley, hardware, stoves 



DEALER IX 



AND Tinware. 



Tinsmith, Plumbing, and Acetylene Gas Fixtures. 
Good Line of Firearms and Fishing Tackle. 

MiLLINOCKET, ME. 

Norcross 5upply Store. 

^v PORTSMEN going into the great game country from Norcross, would save freight 
^'— ^ and unnecessary delay by buying their provisions here. 

A Full Line of Canij> Supplies, Guns, and 
Fishing Tackle, CooMng Outfits, Bedding, 
Moccasins, etc, always on hand .... 

Steamers leave daily from wharf near Store for all points on the Lower Lakes. 
Guides, Canoes, and Outfits furnished on short notice. 



Norcross, Me. 


F. A. FOWLER, Propr. 


Stoughton 

Rubber 

Company 


TyrANUFACTURERS and DEALERS IN 

Every Description of 
RLBBER GOODS. 

QUR SPECIALTIES ARE — 

MACKINTOSHES, RAIN GARMENTS. RUBBER 
SURFACE CLOTHING, CAMP BLANKETS. 
RUBBER BOOTS. SHOES, ETC. 

New England Headquarters of the NEW YORK 
BELTING & PACKING CO., Ltd. 

24 Summer St., Boston. 



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SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES, ETC. 



^65 




Special Attention to 
Sporting Parties. 

E. H. ORCITT, 

Ciuery, Teed, ana 

Sale Stables, 

Teams of all Kinds at Short Notice, 

ASHLAND, MAINE. 



SPORTSMEN! 



We carry the largest and best line of ( !uns, Rifles, Ammunition, Fishing 
Tackle, and Camping Outfits tn be found in this section. Do not fail to 
call on us when in Ashland, or write us for information in regard to Hunting, Fishing, Guides, and Camps. 



Aroostook County. 



OEJO. «. OliOUTT, 



-A.sial^n.ca, JVItiir:^^. 



ASHLAND, ME. 



Clotbing, 6ent$' Turnisbings, 1)dt$, 

Caps. Boots and $boc$, 

Of all Kinds, for Sportsmen. 



DEALER IN General iMerchandise, Sportsmen's Supplies, Dry Goods, Ladies' Garments, Millinery, 
Groceries, Flour and Feed, Hay and Grain, Boots and Shoes. A^HIAND lUlF 

JOHN A. HENDERSON, ' 

Also a full line of BARBER and HAIRDRESSER, 

Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery. ASH LAN D, MAIN E. 



WM. E. THISTLE, 

ASHLAND, MAINE. 



Patent Medicines, Druggists' 

Sundries, Perfumery, Etc. 



QDnRTQMPM RFIUiriUIRPR I Registered Maine Guides, Sporting Camps, and Hotel Accom- 

Or Un I OIVILI1 IlLlViLIVIDLrii modations can be engaged in advance by applying to the 

Sportsmin's Information Bureau, 172 Washington St., near C'ornhill, Boston. 

. . . MANUFACTURERS OF . . . 

Oak Ccatber Bcltind, IDccDanical Rubber 6oods, Eacind, and lllill Supplies, 

Works: CONCORD, N. H. 31 Pearl Street, BOSTON. 



a_>^. 



EIGHTY PER CEJVT 

of the writing machines used hy the officials and agents of 
the B. &o A. R.R. Co. are SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITERS. 

WHY? Because the SMITH PREMIER is the best 
machine for all-around work, and gives a dollar of service 
for every dollar of cost. 

Bangor Office: 13 State St., 

LESLIE E. JONES, Salesman. 

The Smith P remier Typewriter Co., 183 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 

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1 66 



INSURANCE, DRUGS, HARDWARE, Etc. 



Arthur C. Perry, 
Insurance^ 




Presque Isle, 
. . . . Maine. 



S. W. BOONE & CO., 
DRUGS 
and 
Stationery, 

13 Maiu St., 

.E, - ME. 




F. I^ilkM \ Co.'^ phamaci(, 



DEALERS IN 

DrwKS, Chemicals, 

Medicines, Station- 
ery iuiil Staticmei-s' 
Sundries, I'ine IVr- 
funics and Tiiilet 
Articles, etc., etc. 

Presque Isle, Me. 

Opposite 
Presque Isle Hotel. 




We carry the most 
complete line of 
Guns, Rifles, 
Ammuniton, Bi- 
cycles, and Fish- 
ing Tackle in 
the country. 

J. L Wellington & Co., 

PRESQUE ISLE, Aroostook, Me. 




A.M. Smith, «ne 



e.) 




Genera/ Hard- 
ware, Farming 
Tools, Stores, 
Tinware, etc. 

A Full Line of 
Rifles, Ammuni- 
tion, etc. 

First-class Assort- 
ment of Fishing 

Tackle. 



PRESQUE ISLE CLOTHING CO., 




a, aigl. 

(ieneral Furnish- 
ers and Clothiers. 
"NVe m a k e a Spe- 
cialty of titting out 
Sportsmen with 
evcrytliiuK neces- 
sary to their com- 
fort, iu a Clothing 
way. 

WE ARE 

"Headquarters." 



SPORTING GOODS. 



We carry every- 
thing that you will 
need to wear on a 
hunting or fishing 
<xcur-ion Canvas 
Hunting Coats, 
Flannel Shirts. ^Mac- 
kin a n F r o c k s , 
Heavy Underwear, 
Heavy Hunting 
Suits, Spoitsmen's 
Hats. A full line of 
Men's and Boys' 
Clothing. 




D. A. STEVENS. Presque Isle, Me. 



E. W. FERNALD, 



^»<. 



Dealer in 



Pressed Hay and Straw, 

CARRIAGES, HARNESSES, Etc., 

PRESQUE ISLE, ME. 



T. H. PHAIR, 

Manufacturer of 

Potato Starch 

and Lumber, 

PRESQUE ISLE, ME. 



Si3l^i^:p, 



HI. B. 

GENERAL STORE AT 

^VIOflTICHIiliO, ^VIE., 

On the line of B. & A., carries Sports- 
men's Supplies, also dealer in 
Long and Short Lumber. 

E3^eellent Game Countpy. 
PRICES RIGHT. 



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CAMPS, HOTELS, SUPPLIES, ETC. 



167 



HILDRETH VARNISH CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Superfine Railway 
Carriage Varnishes 

32 Broadway New York 



and 



Galena-Signal Oil Company, 

Successor to Galena Oil Company and Signal Oil 
Company, Sole Manufacturers of Celebrated 
Galena Coach, Engine, and Car, Oils and Sibley's 
Perfection Valve and Signal Oils. 

CHARLES niLLER, President. 



s-zie BIRCHES 

LEON ORCUTT, Prop. 



Big Fish Lake 



Is one of the most beautiful spots for all kinds of sport. Fine 
Fishing, Canoemg, Bathing, and Hunting. These Camps are 
on an Island, free from black flies and mosquitoes. These 
Camps are suitable for Ladies and Children. Easy to get to, 
but in the heart of the forest, at Ashland. All sportsmen are 
looked after by E. G. Howard at the Exchange Hotel, where 
Teams and Guides may be had to go to any Hunting or Fishing 
region in Aroostook. 



SILVER LAKE HOTEL 

Situated in the heart of the bic; game 
region, and near numerous trout ponds 
and good camps. r" 

The famous MINERAL SPRING Bfeh. 

is close by the Hotel. Invalids and p ~' 

people seeking rest find the moiuitain f- 

air very benefical, and hay fever is 
unknown here. ; 

House has been recently put in good j 

repair. .■Xll rooms with good view. 
Ilathrooms with hot and cold water. 
First-class table. Kor terms address 

Proprietor Silver Lake Hotel, 1^-77—7: ;,j 

Katahdin Iron Works, Me. 



KATAHDIN IRON WORKS, 
riAlNE. 



^M^ 




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CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES. 









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•Sis' 






The Pennsylvania Steel Company, 

Manufacturers of 

Steel Rails, Blooms, Billets and Forgings, Frogs, 
Switches and Crossings. 



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$'% 

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Viaduct on Moosehead Lake Division, B. .t A. R. R., built by the 
Pennsylvania Sttal Company. 

Steel Buildings, Bridges and Viaducts, and 
Special Steels for All Purposes. 

Main Office: 
GIRARD BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Boston Office, Hason Building. Hills at 

New York Office, Empire Building. Steelton, Pa., and 

Baltimore Office, Continental Trust Building. Sparrow's Point, Hd. 



tfi' •Vj'C* •>»«• •»4«" •*»«• •*»«• 'iif •*4«' "ii^ •S'i*' •!'»<' •*»«» •>4<' •S'i«» "iif ttf •*4<' •»»<• •>4<' "irjij* •>»«' •>»<• •>»«• •>»<• "JiV '>»«' 












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COAL. 169 



The B. & A. Burn New River Steam Coal Exclusively. 

Chesapeake & Ohio 
Coal Agency Co. 



C. H, Sprague & Son, 



New England Agents 

Room 55 Mason Building, No. 70 Kilby Street, 
BOSTON, MASS. 

C. H. SPKAGTJE. ^ Telephone. Main ^ ^^^ 

P. W. SPRAGUE. I 209 



BACOX ct liOBJNSON CO., 

Local Agents for Bmigor and Vicinity. 



The B. & A. Burn New River Steam Coal Exclusively. 



•»<«• 



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170 MISCELLANEOUS. 

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. 

Office: No. 1 1 9 BROADWAY. 

♦ 

NINETY-SEVENTH SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT, 
JA NUARY, 190 2. 

SUMMARY OF ASSETS: Par Talae. Market Value. 

Cash in Banks $743,517.01 

Real Estate 1,633,892,06 

United States Bonds $1,600,000.00 2,072,000.00 

State and City Bonds 1,075,000.00 1,114,000.00 

Railroad Bonds 1,310,000.00 1,371,340.00 

Water and Gas Bonds 148,000.00 145,620.00 

Railroad and Gas Stocks 4,415,000.00 6,752,250.00 

Bank and Trust Co. Stocks 165,000.00 469,750.00 

Bonds and Mortgages, being first lien on Real Estate 128,750.00 

Premiums uncollected and in hands of Agents 771,087.62 

Interest due and accrued on 1st January, 1902 53,663.04 

LIABILITIES : 

Cash Capital $3,000,000.00 

Reserve Premium Fund 5,060,677.00 

Reserve for Unpaid Losses and Claims 1,288,849.85 

Net Surplus 5.906,342.88 

$15,255,869.73 

Surplus as regards Policy-holders $8,906,34^.88 

OFFICERS. DIRECTORS. 

JOHN H. WASHBURN, President. Levi P. Morton, Lucien C. Warner. 

ELBRIDGE G. SNOW, Vice-Pres. Cornelius N. Bliss, Warner Van Norden, 

ARiiUNAH M. BURTIS, ) r. . John H. Washburn, Dumont Clarke, 

WILLIAM H. CHENEY, \^^'^^- Benjamin Perkins, James B. Van Woert, 

HENRY 1. FERRIS, )^c^ Elbridgc G. Snow, John Claflin, 

EMANUEL H. A. CORREA, \ '^,^- George H. Hartford, William F. Havemeyer, 

FREDERIC C. BUSWELL, )'^^'^^- Henry F. Noyes, Cord Meyer. 

FIRE, LIGHTNING, AJVD TORNADO INSURANCE. 

BROWN & WHALES, 

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS 

Tron» Steel, Reavy I^ardwarc, Cinplatcs, Sbcct Tron, and IHetals, Roofiitd 

and Corrugated Tron, Plumbers' and Steam Titters' Supplies, 

mrougbt Tron and Brass Pipe and Tittings, SDeet Copper, 

Sheet and Sidn Brass, Crade Supplies of all Kinds. 

^^^7fc7Ao..o..s9r. 69-83 Purchase St., BOSTON. 



THE SniLLlE COUPLER 

iP MANUFACTURING CO. 



OFFICK AND "WORKS: NEW YORK OFFICE: 

91 Clay street, Newark, N. J. 39 Cortlandt Street. 

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171 



T**^ Accident Instiraiice 
OLDEST 

Company in. America 

Largest in the World 

^he Travelers 

OF HARTFORD. 

Paid iA MI LLION DOLLARS for accidental deaths and injuries 

during igoi. 
^j^,ooo claims, amounting to nearly 2^,000,000, since 186^. 
Pays more in claims each year than any other two accident companies 

combined. 
Its accident assets are greater than any three other accident companies 

combined. 

LIBERALITY. SECURITY. SIMPLICITY. 



HARRISONS* 



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Red Lead and White Lead, Dry and in Oil. Zinc White, Dry, in Oil, and 
in Varnish. Colors, Dry, in Oil, in Japan, in Varnish, and in Water. 
Ready-Mixed Paints and Enamels. Liquid and Paste Fillers. Stains in 
Oil, in Varnish, and in Turpentine. Varnishes, Japans, and Driers. 
Acids, Alums, and Chemicals. 

HARRISON BROS. & CO., Inc. 

PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. BOSTON. NEW YORK. 

BOSTON CAR-WHEEL CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Chilled Iron Wheels 

For Steam and Electric Railroads. 

Office and Works, CHELSEA, MASS. 

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*72 DRAIN-PIPE, BRICK, OILS, Etc. 

Portland Stone -Ware Co., 

WIN SLOW & CO., Proprietors, 

MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED 

Portland Drain and Sewer Pipe, Fire -Brick Shapes, Flue Lin- 
ing, Smoke- Jacks for Railroads, Paving Brick, and Digester 
Lining, Terra Cotta Vases, Fire -Clay, Kaolin, Cement, Etc. 

Factory at Portland, Maine. 1-^ f 1 K IT 

^o r^i'^^^^'^JT'^ . Fortland* Me* 

42 Oliver St., Boston, ' 

GEO. C. DUNNE, Manager. Telephone Connection. 

John CoHiiHY 8t SoH, 

LUBRICATING, BURNING AND LEATHER OILS, 
NAPHTHAS AND GASOLENE. 

TALLOW, AXLE AND LUBRICATING GREASES, 
PARAFFINE WAX AND CANDLES, 

WHITE AND COLORED COTTON WASTE, 
WOOLEN PACKING WASTE. 

33 and 35 Commercial St., ■ PORTLAND, ME. 

WALTER B. FARMER, Treas. HOWARD S. HILL, Pres. and Mgr. 

new Eiiann Bolt ami lot Co., 

Manufacturers of and Dealers in 

Contractors' and Builders' IRON "WORK for Mills, Halls, Churches, Bridges, Wharves, etc. Mill 
and Maehine-Shop Supplies. Pipe Rings, Pipe Rolls, and Lag Hooks for Steam Fitters. Eye-Bolts, Pole 
Steps, Cross Arm Braces for Electric R. R. and Electric Light Companies. Malleable Castings. 

Estimates on all kinds of Building Iron, Forgings, or Press AVork. Galvanizing in all its branches. 

N. E. Agents for Duplex Joist and Wall Hangers. 

Sole New England Agents for the Duplex Hanger Company. 

263-267 Atlantic Avenue, BOSTON, MASS. 



I^af field FiPE-GlaiJ Co. 



BOLIVAR, PA., 

Manufactiu-ers of High Grade 

FIRE-BRIOK AND TILE 

Tor Turnaccs, Rolling mills, Glass Ulorks, Boiler and Grate Settings. Stove Cinings, 

Runner Brick, and Cocomotive tile a Specialty. Brick and Shapes 

for Bi-Product and Bee-1>lDC 0oke Ovens, 

For which our Clay is especially adapted, and has been successfully used for twenty years. 
.... CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED 

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••W^atcK for tKe 

BIG SIGN" 

// is where you can find a 
complete line of Clothing 
suitable to the season. 

I'urnishlngs, ECats, Qaps, 

SoQts, Shoes, Rubbers, 

an^ lil@€€as£ms. 

Everything worn in the 
woods carried in stock. 

MOOSEHEAD CLOTHING CO., 

Greenville Junction, Maine. 
H. I. BRIDGES, Mgr. 



THE OLD GIN-HOUSE 




Fine G\ii\s, IVifles, 



Sportsmen's Outfits. 
Fine Rods and Fishing 
Tackle a Specialty. 

Scott's, Greener's. Parker, Remington's, Lefever, 
Smith, Ithaca, and all other GUN'S. 

Just now on hand; 300 "American Arms of Boston," 
Hammerless Double Guns, VI Bores, Fine Twist 
Barrels and Extra Good Shooters. Owing to factory 
closing up from proprietor dying these are offered 
at $15.50 each. 

Winchester's, Marlin's, Savage, and all RIFLES. 

Ammunition, Tents for Camping, Knapsacks, 
Sleeping Bags, Field Glasses, Moccasins, Leather 
and Canvas Jackets, Cooking Outfits, etc. , etc. Also 
Hunting Boots, Shoes, and Moccasins. 

Send Stamp for Catalogues. 

"WM. REA.D (a SONS, 

107 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 

Established 1826. 



THE BURTis ^''oo'k- Trolling bait 

"THE IRRESISTIBLE" 

Trade-mark registered. 
Is the most killing bait ever invented. $|,00, 
$1.25 each. Sent to any address on receipt of 
price. Those at $1.25 are the best for salmon and 
large trout. See that my name is on every Bait 
as well as on the Box. Every success is imitated. 

The BURTIS Hand-made SPLIT BAM- 
BOO RODS and the BURTIS FLIES 
have a National and International reputation. 

GEO. H. BURTIS, Worcester, Mass. 




Send for Illustrated Booklet. 



THE PARKER 
GUN 

■We have manufactured 
more than 100 000 of 
these guns which, by 
their wonderful shoot- 
ing and wearing quali- 
ties, are daily proving 
how justly this title is 
applied by amateurs and professionals alike. 

Send for our catalogue and select a gun in 
which you can place perfect confidence. 



Known the world over as the 



"Old Reliable" 

Has earned an enviable 

reputation and stands 

to-day without a 

peer in the shot 

gun world. 




PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn. New York Salesroom. 32 Warren St 



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\PR- 23 1902 
APR. 28 1902 
174 SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. 

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i Are you going for 

I Moose 

I or 

I Deer 

I on your Maine trip? 





Whatever you shoot, E 

5hoot I 

U.M.C.I 

Ammunition i 

"Shoots well in any gun." = 

Catalogues aud Game Laws ZZ 

of U. S. and Canada free. ^ 

Lnion Metallic | 
Cartridge Co. | 

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. | 

313 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. = 



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Trophies! 



Highest-class Taxidermy is our 
sole business. We d > that and 
nothing el<=e. We employ the 
most expert and experienced 
taxidermists, and gua antee all 
work to be absolutely pe feet in 




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We mount hundreds of deer, 
caribou, moose, mountain sheep, 
antelope, and elk heads every 
year; produce the most natural 
and artistic effects; have the 
work done when promised. 

Correct Mounting of Fish is a 
Specialty with us. 



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hotels, club-room s, etc., hand- 
somely mounted game-pieces are 
always desirable. We have fire 
heads always on hand and for 
sale. 

■We Have the largest Taxi- 
dermy Establishment in America. 

Wc do faultless work, are the 
acknowledged leaders in our line 
of business. 



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S.L.Crosby Co. 

203 Excliang'e Street, Bangor, Me. 



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-jJ-jC- Cure Heads for Mounting " sent 



^ Branch Stores at Rangeley, Green- -jHif Printed instructions "How to 

ll yille, Northeast Carry, and Moose- 

^ head Lake. 4,H,J anywhere free. 

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TVmCHBSTER 

RIFLES, REPEATING SHOTGUNS AND AMMUNITION. 

-inj~N*\EING the largest manufacturers of botli guns and ammunition in the world, we are 
vi 1^ v/ ^'^^'^'^ *° '^^'^P Winchester guns apace with new ammunition and Winchester 
x^'.^/A^I^ ammunition apace with new guns. Remember this, and when buying anything in 
li.; ^^. ^?^t^e gun or ammunition line insist upon having Winchester make. By doing so you 
'■'■vW - can rely upon both your gun and ammunition being of the most improved type and 
highest degree of exceUence. Winchester guns are made in ail desirable calibers, bores, weights 
and styles, and are plain, partially or elaborately ornamented, suiting every purpose, every pocket- 
book and every taste. Winchester Ammunition is made for all kinds of shooting in all kinds of 
guns. Send your name and address for our large illustrated catalogue. It's sent free. 



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